Argon (Ar) and helium (He) are initially in separate compartments of a container at 25°C. The Ar in compartment A, which has a volume VA of 6.00 L, has a pressure of 2.00 bar. The He in
compartment B of unknown volume V3 has a pressure of 5.00 bar. When the two compartments
are connected and the gases allowed to mix, the total pressure of gas is 3.60 bar. Assume both
gases behave ideally
(a) [4 marks) Determine the volume of compartment B.
(b) [2 marks] Determine the mole fraction of He in the mixture of gases.

(a)

(b)

Explanation:

Hello,

In this case, since the both gases behave ideally, with the given information we can compute the moles of He in A:

Thus, since the final pressure is 3.60 bar, we can write:

The moles of helium could be computed via solver as:

Or algebraically:

In such a way, the volume of the compartment B is:

Finally, he mole fraction of He is:

Regards.

not clear

the potential energy of the reactants is 200j.

from the energy diagram, the energy of the product formed is 350j; this means that, this reaction is an endothermic reaction, because it absorbs energy from its environment.