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SCCH159/169 Experiment No.2
Determination of
Gas Constant
Soraya Pornsuwan
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,
Mahidol University
Credit slide: Aj. Suarwee Akavipat 1
The unit of R (in SI unit system)
In SI unit system:
Pressure = Pascal (Pa)
1 atm = 101,325 Pa
Volume = m3
1 L = 10-3 m3
𝑅 =
𝑃𝑉
𝑛𝑇
=
(101,325 Pa) x (22.414 x10−3 m3
)
1 mol x 273.15 K
=
(1.01325x105
N/m2
) x (22.414 x10−3 m3
)
1 mol x 273.15 K
= 8.314
𝑁 ⋅ 𝑚
mol ⋅ K
= 8.314
𝐽
mol ⋅ K
At STP (Standard Temperature and Pressure):
R = 0.082 L.atm = 8.314 J
mol.K mol.K
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T = 0°C
= 273.15 K
P = 1 atm
= 101,325 Pa
1 mol = 22.414 L
= 22.414 x 10-3 m3
Unit relations:
Pa = N•m2
N•m = Joule
PV=nRT
Experiment
NaNO2 (aq) + HSO3NH2 (aq) → NaHSO4(s) + N2(g) + H2O (l)
nT
PV
R =
Sodium nitrite Sulfamic acid
Stock: 2.5% w/v 0.3 M
Volume: 20 cm3 2.5 cm3
MW: 67 g/mol 97.1 g/mol
HSO3NH2
NaNO2
No air in this area
Gas Tube
beaker
Inverted burette
filled with water
Need to find P, V and n of N2(g)
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20 mL
2.5 mL
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PV=nRT
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Mole of N2 gas
= mole of Sulfamic acid
HSO3NH2 0.3M, 2.5mL
= 7.5x10-4 mole
4 variables
Temperature (T) of N2 gas
≈ T of water in the Beaker
𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑚 = 𝑃𝑁2
+ 𝑃𝐻2𝑂 + 𝑃ℎ
VN2 = Vx + Vy
106 cm3 = 1 m3
x cm3 = x m3
106
Unit conversion:
Vx = 25-x cm3
Vy measured using a cylinder
𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑚 = 𝑃𝑁2
+ 𝑃𝐻2𝑂 + 𝑃ℎ
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PV=nRT
(1) (2) (3)
𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑚 = atmospheric pressure
(1)
Read from a barometer.
The unit of this reading is Hecto Pascal
1 Hecto Pa = 100 Pa
(2) 𝑃𝐻2𝑂 = saturated water vapor pressure
Read from the table.
!! Units of Pressure
1 atm = 760 mmHg
760 mmHg = 101325 Pa
1 atm = 101,325 Pa
(3) 𝑃ℎ = Pressure at height h
From experiment
!! Pressure in Pa
760 mmHg = 101325 Pa
x mmHg = x (101,325) Pa
760
𝑃𝑁2
= 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑚 − 𝑃𝐻2𝑂 − 𝑃ℎ
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3. experimental Temperatures
• At room temperature
Record temperature!!
Volume of N2 gas (Vx+Vy) = …… cm3 → m3
Height of water in the burette (h) = …… cm → mmHg → Pa
Temperature of water in beaker = ….. °C → Kelvin
For each temperatures, record
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Lab Report
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Calculation of R:
PV = nRT
R = PV
nT
Calculate R from data at room temperature:
At room temperature:
PN2 = …… Pascal
VN2 = …… m3
nN2 = ……. mole
T = …….. Kelvin
R = PV
nT
Unit of R = Pa.m3/mol.K
= J/mol.K
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Percentage deviation from the true value
% deviation = Calculated R – True value
True value
X 100
True value of R = 8.314 J/mol.K
Summary
Calculate R from the data obtained from the experiment.
Explain how much your %deviation is from the true value.
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Finally, summarize your results in the lab report.
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About quiz:
- We will start the quiz in the lab room, ~10 mins after the lab brief.
- Students don’t need to sit at your bench.
- Limit to only 6 people / row.
- Quiz will start when everyone is ready.
- You have 8 mins to work on the quiz.