you might be over thinking...
they give the mass and the volume
A 5 gram sample of a gaseous substance occupies
10 L at 48◦C and 697 torr. What is the
density of the gas under these conditions?
Answer in units of g/L
I first started converting the temperature to Kelvin, and the pressure to ATM. I then re-arranged the Ideal gas law to solve for the amount of mols under these conditons (.9171052 ATM*10 Liter)/(.0820157*321 Kelvin)=.3481 mols
I then solved for the molar mass by dividing the given mass and the amount of mols (14.36056 g/mol)
I'm stumped at the next step, and I was thinking I could directly divide the molar mass by the given volume in the question, but I don't think that's the correct way to do it?
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Does the pressure and temperature have any relation to the equation? I was thinking they might affect the density of the gas
for a given mass, the temperature and pressure affect the volume ... p v = n r t
but the volume is given here
but the volume is given here
Yeah, I just divided the mass and volume and got it right, I really did overthink it.
My bad!
My bad!