CHAPTER 3 :

CHEMICAL FORMULAE &

EQUATIONS

3.4 The Mole & the Volume of Gas

3.4 The Mole & the Volume of Gas

MOLAR VOLUME

- volume occupied by 1 mole

of any gas

22.4 dm3 at STP 24 dm3 at Room Conditions

(0°C and 1 atm) (25°C and 1 atm)
3.4 The Mole & the Volume of Gas

In STP In Room Condition

O2 gas O2 gas

Volume Volume
of O2 = 22.4 dm 3 of O2 = 24 dm 3
3.4 The Mole & the Volume of Gas

GENERALISATION OF MOLAR
VOLUME OF GASES

•1 mole of any gas always occupies the same

volume under the same temperature and
pressure.
3.4 The Mole & the Volume of Gas

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF

MOLES AND THE MASS OF A SUBSTANCE

x molar volume

No. of Moles Volume of gas (dm3)

molar volume
Examples:

Calculate the volume of 0.075 mol of

carbon dioxide gas measured at STP
Try to find:

Find the number of moles of 4800

cm³of ammonia gas at room
conditions
3.4 The Mole & the Volume of Gas

x molar
x NA mass
No. of No. of Mass
Particles NA
Moles (g)
molar
mass
molar x molar
volume volume

Volume of gas
(dm3)

P/S:Number of moles act as an intermediate

No. of particles = No. of moles x NA

Mass (g)
No. of moles =
Molar mass (Ar or Mr)

Volume (dm3)
No. of moles =
Molar volume (STP=22.4
dm3 mol-1 or Room=24 dm3 mol-
1
)