Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Molar Volume and Avogadro's Principle
Avogadro's Principle states that equal volumes of gases at equal temperature and pressure, will contain the same number of particles. Therefore now we can have a molar volume, just as we have a molar mass.
The molar volume of any gas at STP is 22.4 L. This can be determined by using the ideal gas law.
REMEMBER! This only applies to a GAS at STP.
We can now apply this concept to chemical reactions. If a reaction takes place at constant temperature and pressure, the ratio of all the gases (reactants and products) will be the same as the mole ratio.
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