A tank of oxygen has a volume of 1650 L. The temperature of the gas inside is 35? C. If there are 9750 moles of oxygen in the tank what is the pressure in psi?

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Emmanuel Ross

18 March, 06:47

A tank of oxygen has a volume of 1650 L. The temperature of the gas inside is 35? C. If there are 9750 moles of oxygen in the tank what is the pressure in psi?

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Isabela Blake · Answer 1

2192.64 PSI.

Explanation:

From the general law of ideal gases:

PV = nRT.

where, P is the pressure of the gas in atm.

V is the volume of the container in L (V = 1650 L).

n is the no. of moles of the gas in mol (n = 9750 mol).

R is the general gas constant (R = 0.082 L. atm/mol. K).

T is the temperature of the gas in (T = 35°C + 273 = 308 K).

∴ P = nRT/V = (9750 mol) (0.082 L. atm/mol. K) (308 K) / (1650 L) = 149.2 atm.

To convert from atm to PSI:

1 atm = 14.696 PSI.

∴ P = 149.2 atm x (14.696 PSI/1.0 atm) = 2192.64 PSI.