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Gas Pressure Problem Solving Guide

The document contains 6 problems involving the use of manometers to measure gas pressure in various scenarios. Manometers use the difference in height of liquid columns, such as mercury or water, to calculate gas pressure relative to atmospheric pressure. The problems ask the reader to use given measurements from diagrams of manometer setups along with fluid density and acceleration due to gravity values to calculate gas pressures in units like cmHg, Pa, and kPa.

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Gas Pressure Problem Solving Guide

The document contains 6 problems involving the use of manometers to measure gas pressure in various scenarios. Manometers use the difference in height of liquid columns, such as mercury or water, to calculate gas pressure relative to atmospheric pressure. The problems ask the reader to use given measurements from diagrams of manometer setups along with fluid density and acceleration due to gravity values to calculate gas pressures in units like cmHg, Pa, and kPa.

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3 GAS PRESSURE

PROBLEM SOLVING
Aim: Solving Problems in Daily Life Involving Gas Pressure
1. A mercury manometer with one end attached to a
gas supply measures a difference in the level of
mercury of 32 cm
[Patmosfera = 76 cm Hg, g = 10 Nkg-1 ;
Density of mercury = 1.36 x 104 kg m-3]

Calculate the gas pressure in


(a) cm Hg

(b) Pascal
Aim: Solving Problems in Daily Life Involving Gas Pressure

[Link] shows a mercury manometer connected


to a flask with compressed gas.
[Patmosfera = 76 cm Hg, g = 10 Nkg-1 ;
Density of mercury = 1.36 x 104 kg m-3]

(a) What is the pressure of the compressed


gas in cm Hg?

(c) Will your answer in (a) and (b)


(b) Calculate the gas pressure in Pa. change if the glass tube of the
manometer has a larger diameter?
Aim: Solving Problems in Daily Life Involving Gas Pressure

[Link] shows a water manometer connected to a


flask containing gas.
(a)Compare the gas pressure in the flask
with the atmospheric pressure.

(b)State the difference between the gas pressure


and the atmospheric pressure in m H2O.

(c) Calculate the gas pressure in pascal.


[Patmospheric = 10.3 m H2O, g = 10 Nkg-1 ;
Density of water= 1000 kg m-3]
Aim: Solving Problems in Daily Life Involving Gas Pressure

[Link] shows a mercury manometer connected


to a container that contains air.
(a)State whether the air pressure is the
container is higher or lower than
atmospheric pressure. Explain your answer.

(b)Calculate the difference in pressure


between the air pressure in the container
and atmospheric pressure. [Density of
mercury = 13 600 kg m-3 and g = 9.81 m s-2]
Aim: Solving Problems in Daily Life Involving Gas Pressure

5.A mercury manometer is connected to a steel cylinder containing


compressed gas. The pressure of the compressd gas and the
atmospheric pressure are 180 kPa and 101 kPa respectively.
Calculate the difference in height between the two mercury columns
in the manometer.
[Density of mercury = 13 600 kg m-3 , g = 9.81 m s-2]
Aim: Solving Problems in Daily Life Involving Gas Pressure
[Link] shows a water manometer connected to
an oxygen cylinder. The reading of an Aneroid
barometer nearby is 756 mm Hg.
a)Calculate the oxygen pressure in pascal.
[Density of mercury = 13 600 kg m-3 ,
density of water = 1000 kg m-3 and g = 9.81 m s-2]

(b)Describe what happens to the level of


water in the manometer when the stopper
in the oxygen cylinder is removed. Explain
your answer.

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