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  Unit 5
Course Guide Chm111

Gases

Goal I
Goal II
Goal III
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Goal I. Identify and relate the variables which describe the state of a gaseous system.

Objectives: To meet the requirements of Goal I, you must be able to:

  1. define the state variable pressure, and explain how a mercury barometer measures atmospheric pressure;
  1. convert among the pressure units mmHg (torr) atmospheres, pascals, and kilopascals; 
  1. explain the concept of the volume of a gas and how it differs from the volume of a solid or a liquid;
  1. solve Boyle's Law problems relating changes in the volume of a gas to changes in its pressure when temperature and the amount of sample remain constant; 
  1. solve Charles' Law problems relating changes in the volume of a gas with changes in its absolute temperature when pressure and amount of sample remain constant;
  1. describe how the value of "absolute zero" can be determined using Charles' Law;
  1. solve combined Boyle's Law and Charles' Law problems relating to changes in pressure, temperature and volume;
  1. know the pressure and temperature conditions known as STP (Standard Temperature and Pressure) for gases; 
  1. relate volume to number of gas particles (Avogadro's Law) when temperature and pressure are held constant; apply Gay-Lussac's Law for combining volumes;
  1. use the ideal gas law to find: 
      1. P,V, n or T given three of the four quantities
      2. volume of a gas used or formed in a chemical reaction
      3. the density of a gas
      4. the molecular mass of a gas. [Top]

Goal II. Apply Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure to mixtures of gases.

Objectives: To meet the requirements of Goal II, you must be able to:

  1. write the expression for the total pressure for any mixture of gases using Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure;
  1. use Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure to calculate: 
      1. the partial pressure of a gas in a mixture of gases and the total pressure of the mixture
      2. the dry volume of a gas collected over water.[Top]


Goal III. Use the kinetic-molecular theory as a model to explain the behavior of gases.

Objectives: To meet the requirements of Goal III, you must be able to: 

  1. interpret Figure 5.14 (p. 200) and Figure 5.19 (p. 203) using the kinetic-molecular theory of gases to explain the concepts of distribution of molecular speeds, average molecular speed, and the dependence of the distribution and average of molecular speeds on temperature; relate average molecular speed to mass of gas particles;
  1. explain Boyle's Law and Charles' Law in terms of the kinetic-molecular theory;
  1. compare and contrast real gases and ideal gases and use the kinetic-molecular theory to explain the conditions under which a real gases exhibits behavior similar to that of an ideal gas. [Top]

Unit 5 Assignments
Read: Text Chapter 5, pp. 176-213
Video Programs:
  1. Kinetic Molecular Theory
  2. Gas Laws, Ideal Gas Law
  3. Gas Stoichiometry, Molar Volume, Density
Textbook Assignments: Read and Understand all "Sample Problems," "Follow Up Problems" and the blue-colored problems at the end of the chapters.

The answers for the Follow Up Problems are at the end of the chapter; the answers for the blue-colored problems are in Appendix C.The answers for each of these are in Appendix C.

ChemSkill Builder Assignments: Mandatory assignments to be submitted for grade

Chapter 7, Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5

Note: Complete Solutions, including all units of measurement, must be shown for all problems.

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