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What volume does 1 mol of an ideal gas occupy at 1 atm and 0 °C?: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step gas laws video lesson with captions. Final answer: V = 22.414 L.

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1. The problem
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What volume does 1 mol of an ideal gas occupy at 1 atm and 0 °C?
2. Step by step
1. $T = 0 + 273.15 = 273.15\ \text{K}$
  Convert the temperature to kelvin
2. $R = 0.082057366\ \text{L·atm/(mol·K)}$
  Choose the gas constant to match the units
3. $V = \frac{nRT}{P} = \frac{1 \times 0.082057366 \times 273.15}{1} = 22.414\ \text{L}$
  Rearrange PV = nRT for V and substitute
3. The answer
$V = 22.414\ \text{L}$
V = 22.414 L
4. Check
- PV = 22.414 and nRT = 22.414, which agree.

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The problem. Here is the problem: What volume does 1 mol of an ideal gas occupy at 1 atm and 0 °C? Solve PV equals nRT for V, with pressure in atm, volume in litres, amount in moles and temperature in kelvin.

Step by step. Convert the temperature to kelvin. The gas law needs absolute temperature. Choose the gas constant to match the units. Pressure is in atm and volume in litres. Rearrange PV equals nRT for V and substitute.

The answer. So the answer is V equals 22.414 L. An ideal gas obeys PV equals nRT: pressure times volume is proportional to the amount of gas and its absolute temperature. Real gases follow it closely at low pressure and high temperature.

Check. PV equals 22.414 and nRT equals 22.414, which agree.

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