Cool Chemistry Facts
Partial Pressure
Units
Ideal Gas Law
Random Facts about Mr. Shin
100

Diamonds are made of 

Carbon

100

Total pressure of a container with two gases is 300mmHg. The partial pressure of one gas is 25 mmHg. What is the partial pressure of the other gas?

275mmHg

100

to convert 30 Kpa to mmHg, I need to multiply by 

(760 mmHg / 101.3 Kpa)

100

What is the ideal gas law

PV = nRT

100

The place Mr. Shin was born in

South Korea

200

Stomach acid can burn through

a) plastic

b) metal

c) wood

d) all of the above


d) all of the above

200

Why can we choose any value for the vapor pressure of water?

Trick question: You can't. 

200

What units must temperature be in when using gas laws?

Kelvin!

200

R, when the units of pressure are in Kpa, is 

8.31

200

What Mr. Shin is allergic to?

A) Walnuts

B) Milk

C) Annoying students

D) Olive oil

A) Walnuts

300

Glass is a 

a) solid

b) liquid

c) ionized gas

d) none of the above

d) none of the above. Amorphous solid 

300

What is the formula for partial pressures?

P total = P water vapor + P gas + P gas 2, etc. 

300

Units of pressure for PV = nRT must always be in

Trick question: any pressure is fine

300

R, when the units of pressure are in atm, is

.0821

300

Mr. Shin's hometown (somewhere in Massachusetts) 

Watertown

400

How many elements are there?

118

400

A closed container has water at 24.4 degrees C. What is the total pressure of the container?

Whatever the vapor pressure of water is at 24.4 degrees C

400

When using partial gases, pressure must always be in units of 

Trick question: any unit is fine! As long as every value is consistent

400

What are the units of R?

(atm or Kpa or mmHg x L / mol x K)

400

An important event happened in 2014 for Mr. Shin

High School Graduation

500

All the hydrogen atoms in your body are how old?

13.5 billion years old

500

A reaction occurs over water, producing two additional gasses. You know the partial pressure of one gas that is produced, 50mmHg and you know the total pressure which is 500mmHg. You forgot to record temperature. How do you solve for the remaining partial pressures?

Trick question: You can't. 

500

To convert 45mmHg to Kpa, what do I need to multiply it by?

101.3 Kpa / 760 mmHg

500
R is a 

constant

500

The year Mr. Shin was born in

1996

(isn't he so old)