Pressure of 1 g of an ideal gas A at 27 | Class 11 Chemistry Chapter States of Matter, States of Matter NCERT Solutions

Question:

Calculate the molecular mass of the following:
(i) H2O
(ii) CO2
(iii) CH4

Answer:

Molecules are made up of atoms & are  quite small, therefore the actual mass of a molecule cannot be detrmined.It is expressed as the relative mass.C-12 isotope is used to express the relative molecular masses of substances.Thus  molecular mass of a substance may be defined as: the average relative mass of its molecule as compared to the mass of carbon atom taken as 12 amu.

(i) H2O:

The molecular mass of water, H2O

= (2 × Atomic mass of hydrogen) + (1 × Atomic mass of oxygen)

= [2(1.0084) + 1(16.00 u)]

= 2.016 u + 16.00 u

= 18.016

= 18.02 u

(ii) CO2:

The molecular mass of carbon dioxide, CO2

= (1 × Atomic mass of carbon) + (2 × Atomic mass of oxygen)

= [1(12.011 u) + 2 (16.00 u)]

= 12.011 u + 32.00 u

= 44.01 u

(iii) CH4:

The molecular mass of methane, CH4

= (1 × Atomic mass of carbon) + (4 × Atomic mass of hydrogen)

= [1(12.011 u) + 4 (1.008 u)]

= 12.011 u + 4.032 u

= 16.043 u


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Comments

  • Sana
  • 2019-10-17 20:34:13

Why it can't be just p directly proportional to molecular weight by which mw1=2mw2


  • Rockstar
  • 2019-09-20 22:45:27

Greatest explanation


  • Samadrita
  • 2019-06-27 21:06:26

Thank you. Really helpful 😀


  • Lakshita joshi
  • 2019-02-27 12:22:22

R is here universal gas constant


  • Lakshita joshi
  • 2019-02-27 12:21:59

R is here universal gas constant


  • Niti
  • 2018-11-08 15:30:29

Why does the volume is constant here ... it is not given in question ..????


  • shiva tiwari allhabadi
  • 2018-10-30 07:16:11

W means n


  • shiva tiwari allhabadi
  • 2018-10-30 07:15:55

R means 0.281 atm


  • shiva tiwari allhabadi
  • 2018-10-30 07:11:34

Anita are u know the formula of mAss\molarmass =n and here n is represented by W 😕😕


  • Anita
  • 2018-08-13 22:08:58

What is meaning of wA/mA+wB/mB in this question please answer


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Welcome to the NCERT Solutions for Class 11 Chemistry - Chapter . This page offers a step-by-step solution to the specific question from Excercise 1 , Question 5: Pressure of 1 g of an ideal gas A at 27 °C is found to be 2 bar. When 2 g of another ideal gas B....