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Avogadro's Law

Part of the Stoichiometry section of Coddy's Chemistry journey. Lesson 8 of 41.

Avogadro's law: equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure hold equal numbers of molecules, so equal moles.

Two identical containers of CH₄ and O₂ at the same temperature and pressure hold the same number of molecules.

Two identical containers of methane and oxygen at the same pressure and temperature

Same volume, temperature and pressure: same number of molecules

Not the same mass: O₂ (32 g/mol32\ \mathrm{g/mol}) weighs twice CH₄ (16 g/mol16\ \mathrm{g/mol}). Not the same atoms: CH₄ has 5 per molecule, O₂ only 2.

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Challenge

Two identical containers stand side by side at the same temperature and pressure. One holds 4 g4\ \mathrm{g} of methane, CH₄ (16 g/mol16\ \mathrm{g/mol}). The other is full of oxygen, O₂ (32 g/mol32\ \mathrm{g/mol}). What mass of oxygen m_2 does it hold?

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Physics diagram: gasbox

Solve for m2m_{2}

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