Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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Chapter 16, Problem 29SP
On a day when atmospheric pressure is 75.83 cmHg, a pressure gauge on a tank of gas reads a pressure of 258.5 cmHg. What is the absolute pressure (in atmospheres and kPa) of the gas in the tank?
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Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
Ch. 16 - 19. An ideal gas is in a chamber at a pressure of...Ch. 16 - 20. Given that one mole of hydrogen...Ch. 16 - 21. A sealed tank having a volume of 25.0 × 10−3...Ch. 16 - 22. If the absolute pressure in the chamber in the...Ch. 16 - 23. A 50.0-liter cylinder is open to the...Ch. 16 - 24. A 6.00-m3 cylinder filled with oxygen at an...Ch. 16 - 25. Imagine a cylinder containing 0.500 m3 of gas...Ch. 16 - Prob. 26SPCh. 16 - 27. A given mass of an ideal gas occupies a volume...Ch. 16 - 28. A mass of ideal gas occupies 38 mL at 20 °C....
Ch. 16 - 29. On a day when atmospheric pressure is 75.83...Ch. 16 - 30. A tank of ideal gas is sealed off at 20 °C and...Ch. 16 - 31. Given 1000 mL of helium at 15 °C and 763 mmHg,...Ch. 16 - 16.32 [II] One kilomole of ideal gas occupies 22.4...Ch. 16 - 16.33 [II] Air is trapped in the sealed lower end...Ch. 16 - Prob. 34SPCh. 16 - 36. A 5000-cm3 tank contains an ideal gas (M = 40...Ch. 16 - 37. The pressure of air in a reasonably good...Ch. 16 - 38. What volume will 1.216 g of SO2 gas (M = 64.1...Ch. 16 - Prob. 39SPCh. 16 - 40. A 30-mL tube contains 0.25 g of water vapor (M...Ch. 16 - 41. One method for estimating the temperature at...Ch. 16 - 16.42 [II] A 500-mL sealed flask contains nitrogen...Ch. 16 - 16.43 [II] As shown in Fig. 16-2, two flasks are...Ch. 16 - 16.44 [II] An air bubble of volume is released...Ch. 16 - 16.45 [II] A cylindrical diving bell (a vertical...
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