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Concept: Boyle's Law

# Problem: A mixture of oxygen gas, nitrogen gas, and carbon dioxide in a 10.0 L container at 25°C has a total pressure of 12.5 atm. If there are 30.0 g each of oxygen and nitrogen, how many grams of carbon dioxide are present?

###### FREE Expert Solution

We’re being asked to calculate the mass of carbon dioxide in a 10.0 L container at 25°C.

The container consists of a mixture of oxygen gas (O2), nitrogen gas, and carbon dioxide (CO2).

We’re going to calculate the mass of carbon dioxide in grams using the following steps:

Step 1. Calculate the total number of moles of gas present in the container using the ideal gas equation.

$\overline{){\mathbf{PV}}{\mathbf{=}}{\mathbf{nRT}}}$

P = pressure, atm
V = volume, L
n = moles, mol
R = gas constant = 0.08206 (L·atm)/(mol·K)
T = temperature, K

Step 2. Calculate the number of moles of carbon dioxide.
Step 3. Calculate the mass of carbon dioxide.

###### Problem Details

A mixture of oxygen gas, nitrogen gas, and carbon dioxide in a 10.0 L container at 25°C has a total pressure of 12.5 atm. If there are 30.0 g each of oxygen and nitrogen, how many grams of carbon dioxide are present?

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