Chemistry for Engineering Students
Chemistry for Engineering Students
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ISBN: 9781285199023
Author: Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.88PAE
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Interpretation:

You work in a semiconductor production plant that relies on several chlorofluorocarbons in its manufacturing process. One day, you find an unlabeled gas cylinder, and you are assigned to figure out what is in the tank. First, you fill a 1.000-L flask with the gas. At a pressure of 250.0 torr and a temperature of 25.000C, you determine that the mass of the gas in the flask is 2.2980 g. Then, you send the flask to an outside lab for elemental analysis, and they report that the gas contains 14.05% C, 44.46% F, and 41.48% Cl by mass. The molecular formula of this gas should be identified.

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An ideal gas which is known as the perfect gas is a gas whose volume V, Pressure P and temperature T are related through the ideal gas laws: -

PV = nRT

Here,

    n = Number of moles of the gas

    R = Universal gas constant

    T = Temperature

    P = Pressure

Ideal gases are described as the molecules which have negligible size but have an average molar kinetic energy which is dependent on the temperature. When temperature is low most of the gases behave like ideal gases and the ideal gas law might be applied to them.

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Answer to Problem 5.88PAE

Solution:

C2F4Cl2

Given:

Volume of gas taken= 1.000L

Pressure = 250 torr = 0.329 atm

Temperature = (25+273) K = 298K

Mass of the gas = 2.298g

Percentage of elements present in gas:

C=14.05%F=44.46%Cl=41.48%

Explanation of Solution

The ideal gas equation is as follows:

PV=nRT

Or,

PV=(mM) RT

Or,

M=mRT/PV

=( 2.298 g)( 0.0821 atm L/mol K)( 298 K)( 0.329 atm)( 1 L)=170.88 g/mol

Now, the percent composition of the given elements are:

C=14.05%F=44.46%Cl=41.48%

Divide all with their molar masses to get the number of atoms of each element as follows

C =  14.02 12 = 1.17F =  44.46 18.9  = 2.35Cl =  41.48 35.5 = 1.17

Now, divide with the smallest number to calculate the empirical formula:

C =  1.17 1.17 =1 F =  2.35 1.17  = 2Cl =  1.17 1.17 = 1

So, the empirical formula is C1F2Cl1.

Calculate empirical formula mass as follows:

MEF=(1)(12 g/mol)+(2)(18.9 g/mol)+(1)(35.5 g/mol)=85.3 g/mol

Now,

n(MEF)=MMF

Or,

n=MMFMEF

Where, MEF is empirical formula mass and MMF is molecular formula mass.

Thus,

n=170.8 g/mol85.3 g/mol=2.0022

Therefore, the molecular formula is C2F4Cl2.

Conclusion

Ideal gases are described as the molecules which have negligible size but have an average molar kinetic energy which is dependent on the temperature. Using the ideal gas equation, the calculated molecular formula of gas is C2F4Cl2.

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