Rasko V.

asked • 07/14/19

Ideal gas graph question

How will the qualitative graph of P versus molar mass of a 1-g sample of different gases at constant volume and temperature look like?


i am confused on how to derive the equation and then answer how will it look like

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Rasko V.

shouldnt it look instead of a straight downward line a slightly curved downward line?
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J.R. S.

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That would be P vs V with constant n and would appear as a hyperbola (slightly curved downward line) unless you plot 1/P vs V or 1/V vs. P. In the latter case it would be a positive straight line. Use the example I gave with H2, He and Ne and plot the values of 0.5, 0.25 and 0.05 moles. Pressure from 0.25 moles will be 5x that from 0.05 moles and P from 0.5 moles will be 2x that from 0.25 moles and 10x that from 0.05 moles.
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