A badly tuned automobile engine can release about 50 moles of carbon monoxide per hour. At 35 ◦C,

Question

A badly tuned automobile engine can release about 50 moles of carbon monoxide per hour. At 35 ◦C, what volume of carbon monoxide is released in a six-hour period if the atmospheric pressure is 740 Torr?

Answer 1

Use the ideal gas law PV = nRT, yielding per hour, V = nRT/P = (50 mol/hr) (62.36 L torr/mole K) (35 + 273K) / (740 torr) = 1298 L/hr. In 6 hours we would have 7800 L of CO [to 2 sig figs].

Answer 2

Remember to convert from Torr to atm. Watch this, it'll help.

https://youtu.be/2spz4y7iTBs