A 1.17-mol sample of methane gas is maintained in a 0.664-L container at 302 K. Calculate the pressure of the gas using both the ideal gas law and the van der Waals equation (van der Waals constants for CH4 are a = 2.25 L2atm/mol2 and b = 4.28×10-2 L/mol). Pideal gas equation =   _______atm Pvan der Waals   = _______atm

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1.17-mol sample of methane gas is maintained in a 0.664-L container at 302 K. Calculate the pressure of the gas using both the ideal gas law and the van der Waals equation (van der Waals constants for CH4 are a = 2.25 L2atm/mol2 and b = 4.28×10-2 L/mol).

Pideal gas equation =   _______atm
Pvan der Waals   = _______atm

 

 

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