Aluminum trichloride is formed by reacting solid aluminum with chlorine gas. Calculate the percent correction of the pressure of chlorine gas in atm consumed in a 7.3 x 106 mm3 tank at 74.94oC by comparing the ideal gas equation and the more realistic van der Waals equation if the aluminum trichloride produced in the reaction is 102.73 g.  Atomic Mass: Al: 26.982 g/mol Cl: 35.453 g/mol Van der Waals Constants: a: 6.343 atm L2/mol2 b: 0.05422 L/mol

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Aluminum trichloride is formed by reacting solid aluminum with chlorine gas. Calculate the percent correction of the pressure of chlorine gas in atm consumed in a 7.3 x 106 mm3 tank at 74.94oC by comparing the ideal gas equation and the more realistic van der Waals equation if the aluminum trichloride produced in the reaction is 102.73 g.

 Atomic Mass:

Al: 26.982 g/mol

Cl: 35.453 g/mol

Van der Waals Constants:

a: 6.343 atm L2/mol2

b: 0.05422 L/mol

 

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