The Mole and The Volume
The Mole and The Volume
VOLUME
OF = NUMBER OF MOLES X MOLAR
GAS
MOLAR VOLUME AND
AVOGADRO’S CONSTANT
• THE MOLAR VOLUME OF A GAS IS THE VOLUME OF 1 MOLE OF THE GAS.
• A FIXED VOLUME OF ANY GAS ALWAYS CONTAINS THE SAME NUMBER OF
MOLECULES.
• THIS IS CALLED AVOGADRO’S LAW. THIS LAW STATES THAT EQUAL
VOLUMES OF ALL GASSES CONTAIN THE SAME NUMBER OF MOLECULES
UNDER THE SAME TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE.
• FROM THIS LAW WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT 1 MOLE OF ANY GAS HAS THE
SAME VOLUME. (UNDER THE SAME TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE)
• EXAMPLE:
1 MOLAR VOLUME OF CARBON DIOXIDE HAS THE SAME NUMBER OF
MOLECULES AS 1 MOLAR VOLUME OF HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN.
TO DETERMINE THE VOLUME OF A
GAS FROM ITS MASS
OR
X AVOGADRO’S
CONSTANT
NUMBER OF MOLES NUMBER OF
OF GAS PARTICLES
÷ AVOGADRO’S
CONSTANT
TO DETERMINE THE MASS OF A GAS
FROM ITS VOLUME
2
X MOLAR X MOLECULAR
VOLUME NUMBER OF
VOLUME MASS MASS
OF MOLES
OF GAS
GAS OF GAS
TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF PARTICLES
OF A GAS FROM THE NUMBER OF MOLES