Imagine that you have a 5.00 L gas tank and a 3.50 L gas tank. You need to fill one tank with oxygen and the other with acetylene to use in conjunction with your welding torch. If you fill the larger tank with oxygen to a pressure of 125 atm , to what pressure should you fill the acetylene tank to ensure that you run out of each gas at the same time? Assume ideal behavior for all gases.
It is given that,
Volume of oxygen gas tank = 5.00 L
Volume (V) of acetylene gas tank = 3.50 L
Pressure (P) = 125 atm (larger tank with oxygen)
The complete balanced reaction is given by:-
So, the pressure you should fill the acetylene tank to ensure that you run out of each gas at the same time will be given by:-
Pressure (P) = 71.43 atm
Get Answers For Free
Most questions answered within 1 hours.