The textbook by Timberlake uses many units that are outside the International System of Units. Since I do not use these units in lectures, many of the book problems are useless. This is most prominent in the chapter on gases. Therefore, I am providing here some problems for practice.

(7 April 2005)

1.        The volume of a gas with pressure 120 kPa increases from 1.00 l to 4.00 l. What is the final pressure of the gas, assuming constant temperature? [30 kPa]

2.        The pressure of 5.0 l of gas increases from 150 kPa to 163 kPa. What is the final volume of the gas, assuming constant pressure? [4.6 l]

3.        The temperature of 500 ml sample of gas increases from 150 K to 350 K. What is the final volume of the sample of gas, if the pressure in the container is kept constant? [1170 ml]

4.        A gas contained in a steel tank has a pressure of 150 kPa at a temperature of 320 K. What will be the gas pressure when the temperature changes to 450 K? [210 kPa]

5.        At 570 Pa and 25 oC, a gas sample has a volume of 2270 ml. What is the final pressure (in Pa) at a volume of 1250 ml and a temperature of 175 oC? [1560]

6.        A gas sample contains 4.0 g of CH4 and 2.0 g of He. What is the volume of the sample at STP? [16.8]

7.        A diver exhales a bubble with a volume of 250 ml at a pressure of 240 kPa and a temperature of 15 oC. What is the volume of the bubble when it reaches the surface, where the pressure is 100 kPa and the temperature is 27 oC? [630 ml]

8.        How many moles of neon occupy a volume of 14.3 l at STP? [0.638]

9.        A gas at 500 kPa pressure was stored in a tank during the winter at 5.0 oC. During the summer the temperature in the storage tank reached 40.0 oC. What was the pressure in the tank then? [563 kPa]