1. An unknown gas has a mass of 1.5 kg and occupies 2.

5 m 3 while at a temperature of 300K and a pressure of

200 kPa. Determine the ideal-gas constant for the gas.
2. A motorist equips her automobile tires with a relief-type valve so that the pressure inside the tire never will
exceed 240 kPa (gage). She starts a trip with a pressure of 200 kPa (gage) and a temperature of 23C in the
tires. During the long drive the temperature of the air in the tires reaches 83C. Each tire contains 0.11 kg of air.
Determine (a) the mass of air escaping each tire; (b) the pressure of the tire when the temperature returns to
23C.
3. A 6-m3 tank contains helium at 4000K and is evacuated from atmospheric pressure to a pressure of 740 mm
Hg vacuum. Determine (a) the mass of helium remaining in the tank; (b) the mass of helium pumped out; (c)
The temperature of the remaining helium falls to 10C. What is the pressure in kPa?
4. A 5-m3 tank contains chlorine at 300 kPa and 300K after 3 kg of chlorine has been used. Determine the
original mass and pressure if the original temperature was 315K.
5. Carbon dioxide at 25C and 101.3 kPa has a density of 1.799 kg/ m 3. Determine (a) the gas constant; (b) the
molecular weight based on the gas constant.
6. For a certain ideal gas, the value of R is 0.280 kJ/kg-K and the value of k is 1.375. Determine the values of
Cp and Cv.
7. A spherical balloon measures 10 m diameter and is filled with helium at 101 kPa and 325 K. The balloon is
surrounded by air at 101 kPa and 320 K. Determine the lifting force.
8. Determine the size of a spherical balloon required to lift a payload of 1360 kg. The gas to be used is helium
at 101.3 kPa and 23C. The surrounding air is 101.3 kPa and 10C.
9. A hot air balloonist wishes to operate at an altitude where the pressure is 94 kPa and the temperature is
274K. The balloon diameter is 10m, and the payload is 200 kg. What temperature must the air in the balloon be
to achieve this?
10. A closed vessel contains air at a pressure of 140 kPag and temperature of 20 oC. Find the final pressure in
gauge units if the air is heated at constant volume to 40 oC. Take atmospheric pressure as 759 mm Hg.
11. A volume of 400 cc of air measured at a pressure of 740 mm Hg absolute and temperature of 19 oC.
Determine the volume at 760 mm Hg absolute and 0 oC.

12. An automobile tire is inflated to 32 psig pressure at 50 oF. After being driven, the temperature rises to 75 oF.
Assuming that the volume remains constant, determine the gage pressure.
13. If 100 ft3 of atmospheric air (14.7 psi) at zero Fahrenheit temperature are compressed to a volume of 1 ft 3
and temperature of 200 oF, what will be the pressure of the compressed air in psia?
14. A bicycle tire has a volume of 600 cm3. If it is inflated with carbon dioxide to a pressure of 551 kPaa at 20 oC,
how many grams of carbon dioxide are contained in the tire?
15. Air at 21oC is used to inflate an automobile tire to 207 kPag. After being driven, the temperature has risen to
38 oC. What is the resulting pressure if the tire did not stretch?
16. Oxygen has a Cp = 0.24 BTU/lbm-oR at a given temperature. Determine Cv if its molecular weight is 32.
17. If k of oxygen is 1.4, determine Cp in kJ/kg-K.
18. A gas having an R=60 ft-lbf/ lbm-0R undergoes a process in which h = 500 BTU/lbm and u = 350
BTU/lbm. Determine Cp and Cv in BTU/lbm-oR.
19. A mixture is formed at 690 kPaa, and 380C by bringing together these gases each volume before mixing
measured at 690 kPaa, and 380C; 3 mol CO2, 2 mol N2, and 4.5 mol O2. Find the partial pressure of CO2, and
N2.
20. An air with mass of 0.454 kg and an unknown mass of CO 2 occupy an 85 liters tank at 2070 kPaa. If the
partial pressure of CO2 is 345 kPaa, determine its mass.