A chemist is preparing to carry out a reaction that requires 5.75 moles of hydrogen gas. The chemist pumps the hydrogen into a 10.5 L rigid steel container at 20.0 °C. To what pressure, in kPa, must the hydrogen be compressed? (Show all work for full credit and circle your final answer) *

The hydrogen must be compressed to 1333.13302 kPa.

Explanation:

An ideal gas is characterized by three state variables: absolute pressure (P), volume (V), and absolute temperature (T). The relationship between them constitutes the ideal gas law, an equation that relates the three variables if the amount of substance, number of moles n, remains constant and where R is the molar constant of the gases:

P * V = n * R * T

In this case:

Replacing:

P* 10.5 L= 5.75 moles* 0.082 * 293 K

Solving:

P= 13.157 atm

If 1 atm is equal to 101.325 kPa, then 13.157 atm is equal to 1333.13302 kPa.

The hydrogen must be compressed to 1333.13302 kPa.

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

4.it is also known as standard atmospheric pressure.

5.a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.