assigned: 24 September, 1999
due: 1 October, 1999
1. The amount of gas in a cylinder is usually given as the total
standard volume (volume at standard temperature and pressure, STP, which
has P=1013 hPa, and T=273K.) A cylinder of helium has an internal
volume of 50 liters, and a pressure of 2600 p.s.i..
a. What is the standard volume of helium in the cylinder?
b. What is the mass of helium in the cylinder?
2. W&H, 2.26
3. W&H, 2.34