Chapter 9, Problem 9.54SP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The gas pressure in millimetres of mercury has to be calculated.

Concept Introduction:

Ideal gas equation is an equation that is describing the state of an imaginary ideal gas.

$\text{PV}\text{=}\text{n RT}$

Where,

P is the pressure of the gas

V is the volume

n is the number of moles of gas

R is the universal gas constant $\text{(R=0}{\text{.0821LatmK}}^{\text{-1}}{\text{mol}}^{\text{-1}})$

T is the temperature

Millimetres of mercury

Millimeters of mercury is a manometric unit of pressure, it is well-defined as the added pressure generated by a column of mercury one millimetre high. It is represented by the symbol $\text{mmHg}$.

$\text{1}\text{mmHg=}\frac{\text{1}}{\text{760}}\text{atm}$