QUIZ 1 & 2 IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

A. Write TRUE is the statement is correct and 20. At very high temperatures, real gases
FALSE if the statement is incorrect. (2 pts each) deviate more from ideal gas behavior due to
increased molecular speeds.
1. Doubling the amount of gas in a rigid
21. At extremely high temperatures, the kinetic
container will double the pressure if
energy of real gas molecules becomes so
temperature remains constant.
high that they completely overcome any
2. At constant pressure, reducing the
intermolecular attractions.
temperature of a gas by 273°C will bring its
22. Lighter gas molecules move slower than
volume to zero.
heavier gas molecules at the same
3. For an ideal gas, decreasing the pressure
temperature, according to the Kinetic
while holding the temperature constant will
Molecular Theory.
cause the gas particles to move faster.
23. In a gas, molecules with lower mass have
4. In an ideal gas, compressing the gas into
higher average kinetic energy than
half of its original volume while keeping
molecules with higher mass at the same
temperature constant will increase its
temperature.
pressure by a factor of four.
24. When gas molecules collide with each
5. In an ideal gas, compressing the gas into
other, they transfer some kinetic energy into
half of its original volume while keeping
heat, making the overall system lose energy
temperature constant will increase its
over time.
pressure by a factor of four.
25. The pressure exerted by a gas is due to the
6. If you decrease the volume of a gas by a
collisions of gas molecules with each other.
factor of three and simultaneously increase
26. The Kinetic Molecular Theory only applies
the temperature by a factor of three (in
to ideal gases and cannot be used to
Kelvin), the pressure remains unchanged.
explain the behavior of real gases under
7. At absolute zero (0K), gas particles stop
any conditions.
moving completely.
27. Gas molecules have no potential energy
8. For any given gas, doubling the volume and
according to the Kinetic Molecular Theory,
halving the pressure at constant
only kinetic energy.
temperature will increase the number of
28. The temperature of a gas is a measure of
moles of the gas.
the average kinetic energy of its molecules.
9. At STP (Standard Temperature and
29. The Kinetic Molecular Theory states that
Pressure), all gases have the same density.
gas molecules lose speed after colliding
10. An ideal gas obeys the ideal gas law
with the walls of their container.
perfectly at all temperatures and pressures.
30. At absolute zero, gas molecules would
11. The kinetic energy of an ideal gas is
theoretically stop moving entirely, according
dependent on the type of gas molecules.
to the Kinetic Molecular Theory.
12. At very high pressures, an ideal gas will
31. The van der Waals equation accounts for
compress more than a real gas.
the non-ideal behavior of gases by adding
13. At low temperatures, the attractive forces
two correction factors to the ideal gas law.
between real gas molecules cause the
32. The van der Waals equation predicts that
pressure to be lower than predicted by the
real gases behave more ideally at low
ideal gas law.
temperatures and high pressures.
14. At absolute zero, an ideal gas would have
33. If both the “a” and “b” constants are zero,
zero volume according to Charles’s Law.
the van der Waals equation reduces to the
15. At very low temperatures, an ideal gas
ideal gas law.
cannot liquefy due to the attractive forces
34. In the van der Waals equation, the
between molecules.
correction factor a/V2 increases as the
16. The ideal gas law assumes that gas
volume decreases.
molecules are point particles with no
35. In the van der Waals equation, increasing
volume.
the “b” value will increase the pressure of
17. The pressure of a real gas is always less
the gas at a given volume.
than that of an ideal gas at the same
36. The correction for intermolecular attractions
volume and temperature.
in the van der Waals equation is
18. A real gas behaves more like an ideal gas
proportional to the square of the number of
when the volume of the gas is large
moles of gas.
compared to the volume of the gas
37. For gases with strong intermolecular
molecules.
attractions, the “a” value in the van der
19. In an ideal gas, molecular collisions are
Waals equation is small.
perfectly elastic, meaning that no kinetic
38. In the van der Waals equation, the term
energy is lost.
(V−nb) corrects for the fact that real gas
molecules have zero volume.
 39. The van der Waals constant “a” is greater
for gases like helium and hydrogen
compared to gases like ammonia and water
vapor.
40. For a gas with negligible intermolecular
forces, the “a” value in the van der Waals
equation will be close to zero.

B. Solve the following item. Show your

complete solution.

1. 1. A gas has a volume of 4.18 L at 23oC and

712 torr. What volume will it occupy if the
temperature is change to 16oC and the
pressure is adjusted to 0.9 atm? (5 pts)
2. A gaseous mixture contains 15 g of
methane, 10 g of ethane and 5 g of
propane. The mixture exerts a pressure of
1.60 atm. Find the partial pressure of each
component in the mixture. (5 pts)
3. Find the molar mass of an unknown gas if
94.0 seconds are required for a given
amount to escape from an effusion
apparatus, but only 54.0 seconds are
required for the same quantity of Neon to
escape under similar conditions. (5 pts)
4. A rigid steel cylinder with a volume of 0.706
ft3 is filled with nitrogen gas to a final
pressure of 2939.19 psi at 80.6°F. How
many moles of gas does the cylinder hold?
(5 pts)
5. A 29.8 g sample of a compound is found to
contain 10.5 g C and 16.7 g fluorine, the
rest is hydrogen. The molar mass of the
compound is 34 g/mol. Find the empirical
formula and molecular formula of the
compound. (10 pts)
6. Calculate by Van der Waals’ equation the
pressure at which 2 moles of ammonia will
occupy a volume of 5 liters at 27°C. (10 pts)
7. What is the molar volume of ethane at 350K
and 70 bar according to: (a.) ideal gas
equation and (b.) Van der Waals equation
(20 pts)
8. Derive the formula of average speed from
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution equation.
(10 pts)