You conducted an experiment in which you measured the molar volume of an ideal gas at STP. In this experiment, you formed hydrogen gas by reacting magnesium metal with hydrochloric acid: Mg (s) + 2 HCl (aq)àMgCl2 (aq) + H2 (g). The hydrogen gas was collected in a tube that contained the metal sample and which was submerged in the solution. a) Explain why hydrogen gas is a good choice of gas to use in an ideal gas experiment such as this. b) (i) Explain why the pressure of the hydrogen gas collected in the tube is not equal to the surrounding atmospheric pressure and (ii) describe the mathematical correction(s) that must be made to obtain the correct pressure.
Ideal and Real Gases
Ideal gases obey conditions of the general gas laws under all states of pressure and temperature. Ideal gases are also named perfect gases. The attributes of ideal gases are as follows,
Gas Laws
Gas laws describe the ways in which volume, temperature, pressure, and other conditions correlate when matter is in a gaseous state. The very first observations about the physical properties of gases was made by Robert Boyle in 1662. Later discoveries were made by Charles, Gay-Lussac, Avogadro, and others. Eventually, these observations were combined to produce the ideal gas law.
Gaseous State
It is well known that matter exists in different forms in our surroundings. There are five known states of matter, such as solids, gases, liquids, plasma and Bose-Einstein condensate. The last two are known newly in the recent days. Thus, the detailed forms of matter studied are solids, gases and liquids. The best example of a substance that is present in different states is water. It is solid ice, gaseous vapor or steam and liquid water depending on the temperature and pressure conditions. This is due to the difference in the intermolecular forces and distances. The occurrence of three different phases is due to the difference in the two major forces, the force which tends to tightly hold molecules i.e., forces of attraction and the disruptive forces obtained from the thermal energy of molecules.
You conducted an experiment in which you measured the molar volume of an ideal gas at STP. In this experiment, you formed hydrogen gas by reacting magnesium metal with hydrochloric acid:
Mg (s) + 2 HCl (aq)àMgCl2 (aq) + H2 (g).
The hydrogen gas was collected in a tube that contained the metal sample and which was submerged in the solution.
a) Explain why hydrogen gas is a good choice of gas to use in an ideal gas experiment such as this.
b) (i) Explain why the pressure of the hydrogen gas collected in the tube is not equal to the surrounding atmospheric pressure and (ii) describe the mathematical correction(s) that must be made to obtain the correct pressure.
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