A Cold Trap Is Set Up to Cause Molecules to Linger

question 44

Multiple Choice

A cold trap is set up to cause molecules to linger near the suction in a vacuum system. If the cold trap has an effective volume of 0.200 L and is maintained at how many molecules are in it at 10.0 Pa of pressure? (Avogadro's number is 6.022 × 10²³ molecules/mol, and the universal gas constant is 8.314 J/mol ∙ K. Assume the behavior of an ideal gas.)

• A) 1.11 × 10¹⁹ molecules
• B) 1.10 × 10²² molecules
• C) 7.71 × 10²⁰ molecules
• D) 7.71 × 10²³ molecules

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