An imaginary ideal gas has a density of 3 g/L at STP. What is the molar mas of this gas?

Answer 1

#"70 g/mol"#

You know that you're dealing with a sample of an unknown gas that has a density of #"3 g/L"# at STP, or Standard Temperature and Pressure.

In order to find the gas' molar mass, you need to know two things

  • the mass of this sample of gas
  • the number of moles of gas present in this sample

    Now, STP conditions imply a pressure of #"100 kPa"# and a temperature of #0^@"C"#.

    You will have to use the ideal as law

    #color(blue)(PV = nRT)#

    in order to try to find a relationship between the gas' density and its molar mass.

    You know that molar mass is defined as mass per mole, so you can say that

    #M_"m" = m/n implies n = m/M_"m"#

    Replace the number of moles in the ideal gas law equation to get

    #PV = m/M_"m" * RT#

    You also know that density is defined as mass per unit of volume

    #rho = m/V#

    Notice what happens if you divide both sides of the ideal gas law equation by #V#

    #(P * color(red)(cancel(color(black)(V))))/color(red)(cancel(color(black)(V))) = m/M_"m" * (RT)/V#

    #P = underbrace(m/V)_(color(green)("density")) * (RT)/M_"m" = rho * (RT)/M_"m"#

    Finally, isolate the molar mass on one side of the equation to get

    #M_"m" = rho * (RT)/P#

    Now all you have to do is plug in your values - remember that

    #R = 0.082("atm" * "L")/("mol" * "K")#

    and that the pressure must be expressed in atm and the temperature in Kelvin!

    #M_"m" = 3"g"/color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L"))) * (0.082(color(red)(cancel(color(black)("atm"))) * color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L"))))/("mol" * color(red)(cancel(color(black)("K")))) * (273.15 + 0)color(red)(cancel(color(black)("K"))))/(100/101.325color(red)(cancel(color(black)("atm"))))#

    #M_"m" = "68.085 g/mol"#

    SInce you only gave one sig fig for the density of the gas, the answer will be

    #M_"m" = color(green)("70 g/mol")#

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Answer 2

The molar mass of the gas is approximately 44.8 g/mol.

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