7. Gases
Pressure Units
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Pressure is the force that is exerted within a given volume of space.
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Pressure represents the force that a gas molecule exerts against the walls of its container. It can be depicted as force per area.
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PRACTICE PROBLEMS AND ACTIVITIES (52)
- The recommended pressure for inflation of an automobile tire is 35 psi. What is the pressure in units of mm H...
- What is the pressure of the gas inside the bulb (atm) if the outside pressure is 0.92 atm? (a) 1.1 atm (b) 2...
- (b) Explain why the stratosphere, which is about 35 km thick, has a smaller total mass than the troposphere, w...
- (a) How are the boundaries between the regions of the atmosphere determined?
- (b) Which units are appropriate for expressing atmospheric pressures, N, Pa, atm, kg>m2?
- A person weighing 75 kg is standing on a threelegged stool. The stool momentarily tilts so that the entire wei...
- A person weighing 75 kg is standing on a threelegged stool. The stool momentarily tilts so that the entire wei...
- A set of bookshelves rests on a hard floor surface on four legs, each having a cross-sectional dimension of 3....
- (b) What pressure, in atmospheres, is exerted on the body of a diver if she is 10 m below the surface of the w...
- (a) How high in meters must a column of ethanol be to exert a pressure equal to that of a 100-mm column of mer...
- (a) The compound 1-iodododecane is a nonvolatile liquid with a density of 1.20 g>mL. The density of mercury...
- The highest barometric pressure ever recorded was 823.7 torr at Agata in Siberia, Russia on December 31, 1968....
- The highest barometric pressure ever recorded was 823.7 torr at Agata in Siberia, Russia on December 31, 1968....
- The highest barometric pressure ever recorded was 823.7 torr at Agata in Siberia, Russia on December 31, 1968....
- Perform the following conversions: (d) 1.323 * 105 Pa to atmospheres
- Perform the following conversions: (b) 0.685 bar to kilopascals
- Hurricane Wilma of 2005 is the most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin, with a low-pressure re...
- Hurricane Wilma of 2005 is the most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin, with a low-pressure re...
- Hurricane Wilma of 2005 is the most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin, with a low-pressure rea...
- A glass tube has one end in a dish of mercury and the other end closed by a stopcock. The distance from the su...
- If the atmospheric pressure is 0.995 atm, what is the pressure of the enclosed gas in each of the three cases ...
- If the atmospheric pressure is 0.995 atm, what is the pressure of the enclosed gas in each of the three cases ...
- An open-end manometer containing mercury is connected to a container of gas, as depicted in Sample Exercise 10...
- The pressure in Denver, Colorado (elevation 5280 ft), averages about 24.9 in Hg. Convert this pressure to eac...
- The pressure in Denver, Colorado (elevation 5280 ft), averages about 24.9 in Hg. Convert this pressure to each...
- The pressure in Denver, Colorado (elevation 5280 ft), averages about 24.9 in Hg. Convert this pressure to each...
- The pressure in Denver, Colorado (elevation 5280 ft), averages about 24.9 in Hg. Convert this pressure to each...
- The pressure on top of Mount Everest (29,029 ft) averages about 235 mmHg. Convert this pressure to each indica...
- The North American record for highest recorded barometric pressure is 31.85 in Hg, set in 1989 in Northway, Al...
- The world record for lowest pressure (at sea level) was 652.5 mmHg recorded inside Typhoon Tip on October 12,...
- The world record for lowest pressure (at sea level) was 652.5 mmHg recorded inside Typhoon Tip on October 12, ...
- (d) If you measure pressure in bars instead of atmospheres, calculate the corresponding value of R in L-bar/...
- Given a barometric pressure of 751.5 mmHg, calculate the pressure of each gas sample as indicated by the manom...
- Given a barometric pressure of 751.5 mmHg, calculate the pressure of each gas sample as indicated by the manom...
- Yet another common measure of pressure is the unit pounds per square inch (psi). How many pounds per square i...
- If the density of water is 1.00 g/mL and the density of mercury is 13.6 g/mL, how high a column of water in me...
- Why do gases exert pressure?
- Atmospheric pressure at the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado is approximately 480 mm Hg. Convert this value to at...
- Carry out the following conversions: (a) 352 torr to kPa
- Carry out the following conversions: (b) 0.255 atm to mm Hg
- What is the pressure in millimeters of mercury inside a container of gas connected to a mercury-filled open-e...
- What is the pressure in atmospheres inside a container of gas connected to a mercury-filled open-end manomete...
- Assume that you have an open-end manometer filled with ethyl alcohol 1density = 0.7893 g>mL at 20 °C2 rathe...
- Torricelli, who invented the barometer, used mercury in its construction because mercury has a very high densi...
- An ordinary gasoline can measuring 30.0 cm by 20.0 cm by 15.0 cm is evacuated with a vacuum pump. Assuming tha...
- Name the regions of the atmosphere. What property is used to distinguish between different regions of the atm...
- The troposphere contains about three quarters of the mass of the entire atmosphere. The troposphere is only 1...
- Pakistan's K2 is the world's second-tallest mountain, with an altitude of 28,251 ft. Its base camp, where clim...
- What is the pressure (in atmospheres) of the gas inside the container connected to an open-end, mercury-filled...
- If you measure pressure in bars instead of atmospheres, calculate the corresponding value of r in l−bar/mol−k.
- Force per unit area is termed ________.
- What is the pressure (in atmospheres) of the gas inside the container connected to an open-end, mercury-filled...