A balloon contains a gas that occupies at STP

CHEMISTRY · Multi-part · A Level · Chemistry · Amount of substance · Amount of substance

Problem

A balloon contains a gas that occupies 44.8 L44.8\,\text{L} at STP. Use Avogadro’s number NA=6.02×1023 mol−1N_{A}=6.02\times10^{23}\,\text{mol}^{-1}. (a) Find the amount of gas in moles. (b) Estimate the total number of molecules present in the balloon. (c) If the gas is carbon dioxide, calculate its mass contained in the balloon.

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