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A physics lecture room at 1.00 atm and 27.0°C has a volume of 216 m3. (a) Use the ideal-gas law to estimate the number of air molecules in the room. Assume that all of the air is N2. Calculate (b) the particle density—that is, the number of N2 molecules per cubic centimeter—and (c) the mass of the air in the room.

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(a)The physics lecture room with volume 216 m3 contain 52.8 x 1026 molecules of Nitrogen gas.

(b) The particle density is2.45×1019molecules/cm3.

(c) The mass of N2 in the physics lecture room is 245.77 kg.

Step by step solution

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Step 1:

Convert the units of p and T to be in Pascal and kelvin respectively

p = l atm = 1.013 x 105 Pa

T = 27C° + 273 = 300K

Calculate the number of nitrogen molecules N in the lecture room, and the number of molecules is given by

N=nNA

where n is the number of moles and NA is the Avogadro's number and equals 6.022 x 1023 molecules/mol.

Calculate N we want to calculate the number of moles n. It can be calculated by Ideal gas law

pV=nRT

now sub with all given values of p, V, R and T in the equation and solve for n

n=pVRT=1.013×105Pa×216m3(8.314J/mol.K)×(300K)=8773mol

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Step 2:

Now after calculating the number of moles n we can sub with its value in equation (1) to find the number of molecules N, where

N=nNA=8773mol×6.022×1023molecule/mol=52.8×1028molecule

The physics lecture room with volume 216 m3 contain 52.8 x 1026 molecules of Nitrogen gas.

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Step 3:

The particle density is given by

Particledensity=NVParticledensity=52.8×1026molecules216m3×1cm310-6m3=2.45×1019molecules/cm3

The particle density is 2.45×1019molecules/cm3

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Step 4:

The mass m of the nitrogen air in the room could be calculated by the relation between the number of moles n and the molar mass M of nitrogen gas

m=nM=8773mol×29.014g/mol=245.77×103g=245.77kg

The mass of N in the physics lecture room equals 245.77 kg.

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