Unit 9 — End of Topic Tests (reviewer copy: all keys and model answers visible)
End of Topic Test: The kinetic molecular theory & Pressure and temperature (u09-t1 · 5 forms × 22 items · 110 total)
David's notes for James:
CALC-HEAVY FRQ SPLIT - frq_per_form = 2, OVERRIDING your gate data's frq_per_form=1 baseline (confirm the composition): QB-v2 sec.4 directs 2-3 FRQs for calculation-heavy topics, applied at its FLOOR here after an honest predicate check - this scope is calc-LIGHT relative to U9-G2..G5 (2 of 15 lessons quant: GAS-012 pressure-unit conversion + GAS-014 Celsius<->kelvin; 3 of 45 pool seeds numeric; both routines single-substitution conversions), so 3 FRQs would overweight a 2-lesson strand, but the 1-FRQ baseline would leave the gate's only calculation production unassessed and the kelvin-first conversion routine is load-bearing for every later gas-law gate. Split: seq 21 = GAS-006 conceptual production FRQ (the scope's dominant conceptual band keeps its production evidence) + seq 22 = GAS-014 calculation FRQ (both conversion directions + a never-negative sanity-check part; 5-line scaffold per substituted-formula part). Total 20 objective + 2 FRQ = 22 items/form; your target_size=20 is honored for the objective window. D5 scaling evaluated and NOT triggered: min(20, 6 x 15 lessons) = 20.
INTERACTION CONVERSION (stage-1 flag, confirm): your pool[33] (GAS-012 gateItems[0], 20.0 atm -> kPa) is a numeric-ANSWER mcq4; the HS numeric-entry rule (numeric answers are typed, never optioned) beats the AP gate-exception, so it is placed at B#13 CONVERTED to numeric entry - stem verbatim plus one appended numeric-instruction sentence, key value 2026 kPa unchanged (exact 20.0 x 101.3), and your three distractor values carried as wrongValueDiagnostics with your misconception texts verbatim. Related blind-QC amendment on the same item: an appended sig-figs sentence (your pools 39/40 carry the same 'sig_figs_sentence_appended' pattern) demanded 4 sf from a 3-sf given - the instruction was RESTORED to the spec family's whole-number idiom ('Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.', integer=true); the graded value never changed.
SEED DISTRACTOR-DESIGN CONFLICT at sol QC - A#7 = your GAS-006 gateItems[0] (confirm; the gate's headline content flag): the seed's distractor set 'deliberately tests SELECTING the right KMT claim' (your specNotes) using TRUE claims from other postulates (spacing, elastic collisions). The authoritative cross-vendor QC (gpt-5.6-sol) ruled TRUE-claim distractors correct-but-irrelevant and failed the item twice, including under a 'most directly' stem qualifier. Resolution kept your construct but made every distractor cleanly WRONG: the two true claims were replaced with misconception-keyed wrong-mechanism claims (invented distance-repulsion; collision energy boost - the pattern of the fresh sibling items B#7/C#7, both sol-passed), your wall-attraction distractor kept verbatim, and the stem reverted to your original wording. If you want the select-the-right-claim design preserved as-is, say so and we will re-litigate with sol.
SEED FRESHENINGS UNDER THE STRICT SEED RULING (no freshness exemption; validator never weakened) - dispositions to confirm: (a) p42@A#19: instance trio 200/400/473 K -> 170/340/613 K (your p43 at ADJACENT seq 20 owns 200/400/473/673 and its stem would telegraph this key); all text verbatim, only values substituted; 613 = 340+273 was chosen so the '+273 to the doubled value' distractor matches its own misconception text - your seed's 473 = 200+273 added the offset to the ORIGINAL, not the doubled value (recorded stage-2 catch, arguably a seed bug fixed by the freshen). (b) p35@A#14: flask value 0.500 atm collided with the seq-13 placed answer; value swapped and the KEY RE-DERIVED. (c) p10@A#5 distractor: 'heavy gases such as argon' -> 'gases with especially heavy particles' (argon is GAS-004's own fluency material and its ledger home is seq 1). (d) Micro-freshens on seed surfaces from the stage-3 sweep: p0 boundary gram, p24 tire scenario re-key, p16 helium-air -> two-gas mixture, p19 steel -> metal + breathing gas.
AIR TRIAGE (recorded decision, disclosure): 'air' is a MATERIALS token and this unit's taught working gas (article text of 10 of 15 scope lessons), so verbatim seeds and fresh items tripped ~430 deterministic freshness lines across 33 slots. Resolution was CONTENT, not relief: every scanned-field 'air' was swapped to 'gas'/scenario-neutral wording (seed surfaces p3/p13/p16/p18/p19/p24/p29/p30 included; physics unchanged - every swapped scenario is literally a gas sample; full-field QB 3.9 sync per touched item). The substance scan stays fully armed; no whitelist family was added for 'air'.
TAUGHT-CONSTANT ADJUDICATION (confirm; the gate's structural whitelist): 273 (K = degC + 273; absolute zero -273 degC) and 101.3/760 (1 atm = 101.3 kPa = 760 mmHg) are nature-fixed RULE CONTENT - at seq 4 the offset IS the tested fact, at seq 12 the 1-atm equivalence IS the case target on every form, at seqs 19/20 the +273-confusion distractor class is the lesson's own taught misconception - so cross-slot numeric exclusivity is structurally unsatisfiable for these values. Enforced via two recorded adjudicated_instance_families (tokens + slots enumerated, 12 slots total) checked by a gate-local wrapper over the UNTOUCHED shared validator; only these enumerated taught-constant lines are excusable, everything else stays armed. All other numerics rotate fresh per form.
GATE_CONFIG TASK-IDIOM WHITELIST (recorded, confirm): 9 scoped extra_task_idioms, each an auto-derivation miss with zero instance signal - headline entry preserves YOUR claim-evaluation option idiom 'The student is right', which recurs in the gate items of six scope lessons and would otherwise force rewording four of your seed option sets for no freshness gain. Others: GAS-008's mandated same-size-boxes figure framing and two-box conclude phrasing/option, the numeric-entry instruction sentences from your GAS-012/014 numeric contracts, the FRQ typing instruction, 'A student claims that', and one stem phrase ('why don't the') colliding only with article SETUP text. Shared validator untouched.
NUMERIC ANSWER-CONTRACT AMENDMENTS at sol QC (confirm): sub-precision acceptedAlternates were REMOVED from the seq-13 conversions on A/D/E (they defeated the stated 3-significant-figures requirement; precisionAssessed recorded), and unit-suffixed alternates were stripped from seqs 15/16 on all forms (they contradicted 'do not type units'). Graded values unchanged throughout.
NOTA/AOTA: zero literal hits in your 45-seed pool; zero replace_distractor flags. The two 'All three ... are equal/the same' options are substantive equality claims (keyable course register, prior-gate precedent), not none-of-the-above constructions. V-T5 PASS.
SPARE-SEED NOTE: p25 is a strong item with no slot (its case family was parity-barred at stage 1 - instance owned elsewhere on the ledger); flagged in seed_placement.json as worth a future home rather than dropped on merit.
BINDING INSTANCE RULE (course-wide, wave 5): zero fissile/weapons/dose framings; classroom-safe instance set throughout (gases, cryogenics, weather, ovens, sport, cryo-lab surfaces). Your 45-seed pool scanned clean at stage 1; re-swept at packaging over forms_final + this export body - zero hits (the only regex matches are these disclosure sentences themselves).
CRASH-RESUME PROVENANCE (disclosure, no action needed): the authoring fleet was killed mid-run by a laptop restart after stage 2 (rows authored, forms not yet assembled), the session that ran stage 3 was a resume, the session that ran QC stages 4-7 was a second resume, and packaging (this export) ran in a further resumed session. Every resume worked from DISK STATE with recorded audits (fix_log.md): all gate JSON artifacts json.loads-verified each time (62/62 this pass, nothing truncated), forms_final verified byte-identical to the validated form_A..E.json, and the adjudication-aware validator re-run fresh each pass (exit 0, output content-identical to the stage-7 run, diff-verified). QC ledger: blind rounds r1-r8 = 184/184 option-item key picks, 25 keyless slots x 2 reviewers all graded match with hand justifications in frq_verdicts.json, 0 open hard fails; sol authoritative loops 1-3 = 7 -> 1 -> 0 FAILs, final 110/110 pass, 5 recorded honest-survivor minors (style-class, keys unaffected); loop coverage verified every round. This export was built from the crash-audited forms_final.json.
FRQ delivery: your `prod` draw-on-paper class is delivered as a typed diagram-PLAN task (state kinds/recipes/counts/spacing; rubric grades the same observables). Confirm this mapping (pending from the U01-G1 round-trip).
full notes file
# u09-t1 — notes/queries from David's side (U9-G1)
1. CALC-HEAVY FRQ SPLIT - frq_per_form = 2, OVERRIDING your gate data's frq_per_form=1 baseline (confirm the composition): QB-v2 sec.4 directs 2-3 FRQs for calculation-heavy topics, applied at its FLOOR here after an honest predicate check - this scope is calc-LIGHT relative to U9-G2..G5 (2 of 15 lessons quant: GAS-012 pressure-unit conversion + GAS-014 Celsius<->kelvin; 3 of 45 pool seeds numeric; both routines single-substitution conversions), so 3 FRQs would overweight a 2-lesson strand, but the 1-FRQ baseline would leave the gate's only calculation production unassessed and the kelvin-first conversion routine is load-bearing for every later gas-law gate. Split: seq 21 = GAS-006 conceptual production FRQ (the scope's dominant conceptual band keeps its production evidence) + seq 22 = GAS-014 calculation FRQ (both conversion directions + a never-negative sanity-check part; 5-line scaffold per substituted-formula part). Total 20 objective + 2 FRQ = 22 items/form; your target_size=20 is honored for the objective window. D5 scaling evaluated and NOT triggered: min(20, 6 x 15 lessons) = 20.
2. INTERACTION CONVERSION (stage-1 flag, confirm): your pool[33] (GAS-012 gateItems[0], 20.0 atm -> kPa) is a numeric-ANSWER mcq4; the HS numeric-entry rule (numeric answers are typed, never optioned) beats the AP gate-exception, so it is placed at B#13 CONVERTED to numeric entry - stem verbatim plus one appended numeric-instruction sentence, key value 2026 kPa unchanged (exact 20.0 x 101.3), and your three distractor values carried as wrongValueDiagnostics with your misconception texts verbatim. Related blind-QC amendment on the same item: an appended sig-figs sentence (your pools 39/40 carry the same 'sig_figs_sentence_appended' pattern) demanded 4 sf from a 3-sf given - the instruction was RESTORED to the spec family's whole-number idiom ('Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.', integer=true); the graded value never changed.
3. SEED DISTRACTOR-DESIGN CONFLICT at sol QC - A#7 = your GAS-006 gateItems[0] (confirm; the gate's headline content flag): the seed's distractor set 'deliberately tests SELECTING the right KMT claim' (your specNotes) using TRUE claims from other postulates (spacing, elastic collisions). The authoritative cross-vendor QC (gpt-5.6-sol) ruled TRUE-claim distractors correct-but-irrelevant and failed the item twice, including under a 'most directly' stem qualifier. Resolution kept your construct but made every distractor cleanly WRONG: the two true claims were replaced with misconception-keyed wrong-mechanism claims (invented distance-repulsion; collision energy boost - the pattern of the fresh sibling items B#7/C#7, both sol-passed), your wall-attraction distractor kept verbatim, and the stem reverted to your original wording. If you want the select-the-right-claim design preserved as-is, say so and we will re-litigate with sol.
4. SEED FRESHENINGS UNDER THE STRICT SEED RULING (no freshness exemption; validator never weakened) - dispositions to confirm: (a) p42@A#19: instance trio 200/400/473 K -> 170/340/613 K (your p43 at ADJACENT seq 20 owns 200/400/473/673 and its stem would telegraph this key); all text verbatim, only values substituted; 613 = 340+273 was chosen so the '+273 to the doubled value' distractor matches its own misconception text - your seed's 473 = 200+273 added the offset to the ORIGINAL, not the doubled value (recorded stage-2 catch, arguably a seed bug fixed by the freshen). (b) p35@A#14: flask value 0.500 atm collided with the seq-13 placed answer; value swapped and the KEY RE-DERIVED. (c) p10@A#5 distractor: 'heavy gases such as argon' -> 'gases with especially heavy particles' (argon is GAS-004's own fluency material and its ledger home is seq 1). (d) Micro-freshens on seed surfaces from the stage-3 sweep: p0 boundary gram, p24 tire scenario re-key, p16 helium-air -> two-gas mixture, p19 steel -> metal + breathing gas.
5. AIR TRIAGE (recorded decision, disclosure): 'air' is a MATERIALS token and this unit's taught working gas (article text of 10 of 15 scope lessons), so verbatim seeds and fresh items tripped ~430 deterministic freshness lines across 33 slots. Resolution was CONTENT, not relief: every scanned-field 'air' was swapped to 'gas'/scenario-neutral wording (seed surfaces p3/p13/p16/p18/p19/p24/p29/p30 included; physics unchanged - every swapped scenario is literally a gas sample; full-field QB 3.9 sync per touched item). The substance scan stays fully armed; no whitelist family was added for 'air'.
6. TAUGHT-CONSTANT ADJUDICATION (confirm; the gate's structural whitelist): 273 (K = degC + 273; absolute zero -273 degC) and 101.3/760 (1 atm = 101.3 kPa = 760 mmHg) are nature-fixed RULE CONTENT - at seq 4 the offset IS the tested fact, at seq 12 the 1-atm equivalence IS the case target on every form, at seqs 19/20 the +273-confusion distractor class is the lesson's own taught misconception - so cross-slot numeric exclusivity is structurally unsatisfiable for these values. Enforced via two recorded adjudicated_instance_families (tokens + slots enumerated, 12 slots total) checked by a gate-local wrapper over the UNTOUCHED shared validator; only these enumerated taught-constant lines are excusable, everything else stays armed. All other numerics rotate fresh per form.
7. GATE_CONFIG TASK-IDIOM WHITELIST (recorded, confirm): 9 scoped extra_task_idioms, each an auto-derivation miss with zero instance signal - headline entry preserves YOUR claim-evaluation option idiom 'The student is right', which recurs in the gate items of six scope lessons and would otherwise force rewording four of your seed option sets for no freshness gain. Others: GAS-008's mandated same-size-boxes figure framing and two-box conclude phrasing/option, the numeric-entry instruction sentences from your GAS-012/014 numeric contracts, the FRQ typing instruction, 'A student claims that', and one stem phrase ('why don't the') colliding only with article SETUP text. Shared validator untouched.
8. NUMERIC ANSWER-CONTRACT AMENDMENTS at sol QC (confirm): sub-precision acceptedAlternates were REMOVED from the seq-13 conversions on A/D/E (they defeated the stated 3-significant-figures requirement; precisionAssessed recorded), and unit-suffixed alternates were stripped from seqs 15/16 on all forms (they contradicted 'do not type units'). Graded values unchanged throughout.
9. NOTA/AOTA: zero literal hits in your 45-seed pool; zero replace_distractor flags. The two 'All three ... are equal/the same' options are substantive equality claims (keyable course register, prior-gate precedent), not none-of-the-above constructions. V-T5 PASS.
10. SPARE-SEED NOTE: p25 is a strong item with no slot (its case family was parity-barred at stage 1 - instance owned elsewhere on the ledger); flagged in seed_placement.json as worth a future home rather than dropped on merit.
11. BINDING INSTANCE RULE (course-wide, wave 5): zero fissile/weapons/dose framings; classroom-safe instance set throughout (gases, cryogenics, weather, ovens, sport, cryo-lab surfaces). Your 45-seed pool scanned clean at stage 1; re-swept at packaging over forms_final + this export body - zero hits (the only regex matches are these disclosure sentences themselves).
12. CRASH-RESUME PROVENANCE (disclosure, no action needed): the authoring fleet was killed mid-run by a laptop restart after stage 2 (rows authored, forms not yet assembled), the session that ran stage 3 was a resume, the session that ran QC stages 4-7 was a second resume, and packaging (this export) ran in a further resumed session. Every resume worked from DISK STATE with recorded audits (fix_log.md): all gate JSON artifacts json.loads-verified each time (62/62 this pass, nothing truncated), forms_final verified byte-identical to the validated form_A..E.json, and the adjudication-aware validator re-run fresh each pass (exit 0, output content-identical to the stage-7 run, diff-verified). QC ledger: blind rounds r1-r8 = 184/184 option-item key picks, 25 keyless slots x 2 reviewers all graded match with hand justifications in frq_verdicts.json, 0 open hard fails; sol authoritative loops 1-3 = 7 -> 1 -> 0 FAILs, final 110/110 pass, 5 recorded honest-survivor minors (style-class, keys unaffected); loop coverage verified every round. This export was built from the crash-audited forms_final.json.
Form A
GAS-001 · easy · recall · seq 1 · seed:U9-G1/pool[0] (= GAS-001 gateItems[0], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags; argon = GAS-003-WE material -> recorded scope-material WARN (blind memory-answerability check) · mcq4
A rigid metal sphere is filled with argon. According to the kinetic molecular theory, which statement describes the inside of the sphere?
Argon particles far apart, with empty space making up most of the volume. KEY
Argon particles closely packed together throughout the sphere.
Argon particles far apart, with another substance filling the space between them.
A continuous argon fluid with no separate particles and no gaps.
GAS-002 · easy · recall · seq 2 · seed:U9-G1/pool[3] (= GAS-002 gateItems[0], James) — stem, key, all three distractors and misconceptions VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode); keyExplanation verbatim MINUS the adjudicated '— roughly 500 m/s for nitrogen at room temperature —' clause (SEED RULING content freshen: nitrogen home-seq 15 + cross-source 500; recorded in authoring_notes, flag for DAVID_REVIEW); stem keeps its <p> wrapper; distractor feedback composed as 'This option is wrong — <misconception>' (row-file convention) · mcq4
The gas filling a sealed room is perfectly still — nothing visible moves. According to the kinetic molecular theory, what are its particles doing?
Moving constantly and rapidly in straight lines, in random directions. KEY
Hanging motionless in place, since the gas as a whole is perfectly still.
Vibrating in fixed positions spread through the room.
Drifting slowly downward and collecting near the floor.
GAS-009 · easy · recall · seq 3 · seed:U9-G1/pool[24] (= GAS-009 gateItems[0], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags · mcq4
A loaded delivery truck rides on tires pumped firm with gas. What is that gas doing to keep each tire in shape under the load?
Pushing outward across the whole inner wall of each tire. KEY
Pulling the rubber inward so it cannot buckle.
Pressing only downward, on the road side of the tire.
How does the size of one kelvin step compare with the size of one Celsius degree?
They are the same size — the scales differ only in where they put zero. KEY
A kelvin step is 273 times larger than a Celsius degree.
A Celsius degree is 273 times larger than a kelvin step.
Kelvin steps grow steadily larger as the temperature drops toward zero.
GAS-004 · medium · application · seq 5 · seed:U9-G1/pool[10] (= GAS-004 gateItems[1], James) — stem, key, distractors (a)/(b), all three misconceptions and the explanation VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode); distractor (c) text carries the ADJUDICATED argon freshen ('heavy gases such as argon' → 'gases with especially heavy particles'): argon is GAS-004's own fluency-1 material → deterministic V-T7 own-lesson taught-material FAIL, and argon's home-seq is 1 (SEED RULING content freshen, recorded in authoring_notes; flag for DAVID_REVIEW + fix_log at assembly); the mass-tied misconception is untouched; stem keeps its <p> wrapper; distractor feedback composed as 'This option is wrong — <misconception>' (row-file convention) · mcq4
A student says: 'The particles of a gas are held in position by attractions to their neighbors.' Which correction is right?
The theory treats gas particles as having no attractions — each particle moves independently. KEY
The student is right — attractions give every gas a fixed internal structure.
The student is right about half the particles — the slower half are held in place.
The student is right for gases with especially heavy particles.
Which observation tells you that the average kinetic energy of a gas sample's particles has increased?
The sample's temperature has risen. KEY
The sample has been moved into a bigger container.
The amount of gas in the sample has doubled.
The sample has been sealed more tightly.
GAS-006 · medium · application · seq 7 · seed:U9-G1/pool[15] (= GAS-006 gateItems[0], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags; distractor set = earlier postulates (spacing / elasticity) + wall-attraction per specNotes ('G1 deliberately tests SELECTING the right KMT claim') | sol loops 1-2: the seed's two TRUE-claim distractors (spacing/elasticity) failed the cleanly-wrong rule (correct-but-irrelevant); replaced with misconception-keyed wrong claims (invented repulsion / collision energy boost, B#7-C#7 pattern); stem reverted to seed original; wall-attraction distractor kept verbatim. FLAG FOR DAVID/JAMES. · mcq4
The contents of a small canister are released into a large, empty sealed tank. Minutes later, samples taken at the top, middle, and bottom of the tank all contain the substance. Which claim of the kinetic molecular theory explains this result?
Particles move constantly in straight lines in random directions, so they spread until the walls turn them back. KEY
The particles of the substance push one another apart from a distance, and that repulsion drives them into every corner of the tank.
Each collision gives the colliding particles a boost of extra energy of motion, and that growing speed flings them through the tank.
The walls of the tank attract gas particles outward to every part of the tank's inner surface.
GAS-007 · medium · application · seq 8 · seed:U9-G1/pool[18] (= GAS-007 gateItems[0], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags · mcq4
A sealed plastic bottle of gas is squeezed to two-thirds of its volume, and the cap stays on. Which statement compares the gas particles before and after the squeeze?
Same number of particles, same particle size, closer together. KEY
Fewer particles, same particle size, same spacing.
Same number of particles, smaller particles, same spacing.
Same number of particles, same particle size, touching in regular rows.
GAS-008 · medium · application · seq 9 · seed:U9-G1/pool[21] (= GAS-008 gateItems[0] = demo_curated[0], dual ref, James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation, figureSpec; zero stage-1 flags · mcq4
The figure shows particle diagrams of three gas samples in same-size boxes, A, B, and C. Which box shows the gas at the highest temperature?
FIGURE (gas-particle-box · stimulus) — boxes: [{"label": "A", "count": 8, "arrowLength": "short", "spacing": "far apart", "fill": "whole box"}, {"label": "B", "count": 8, "arrowLength": "long", "spacing"… · style: "three same-size boxes side by side; arrow lengths clearly ranked short (A), long (B), medium (C); one particle kind"raw spec
They hold equal amounts of gas at the same temperature. KEY
D holds more gas than E.
E is at a higher temperature than D.
Nothing can be concluded from a particle diagram.
GAS-010 · medium · application · seq 11 · seed:U9-G1/pool[28] (= GAS-010 gateItems[1], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags; collision rates SUPPLIED in the stem per specNotes (no V/T/n forward reference) · mcq4
In gas A, the container walls receive particle collisions more often than in gas B, and the collisions are equally hard in both. Which gas exerts the higher pressure?
Gas A — more collisions on the walls mean more pressure. KEY
Gas B — fewer collisions concentrate the push into a stronger one.
The pressures are equal, because pressure does not depend on collisions.
It cannot be decided without knowing which gases they are.
GAS-011 · medium · application · seq 12 · seed:U9-G1/pool[30] (= GAS-011 gateItems[0], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags; 101.3 = taught constant (pre-flagged stage-3 gate_config 'spec' adjudication class); stem keeps its <p> wrapper; distractor feedback composed as 'This option is wrong — <misconception>' (row-file convention); 'air' = bank-wide own-lesson material class courtesy-flagged at stage 2 (row-05 ledger, p30@A#12) · mcq4
A coastal weather station reports the atmospheric pressure as 101.3 kPa. How does that compare with 1 atm?
It is the same pressure — 1 atm = 101.3 kPa. KEY
It is about one hundred times 1 atm.
It is about one hundredth of 1 atm.
The two cannot be compared, because kPa and atm measure different things.
GAS-012 · medium · application · seq 13 · seed:U9-G1/pool[34] (= GAS-012 gateItems[1], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, full numeric contract (value/unit/display/tolerance/sigFigs/acceptedAlternates/check), both misconception values, 5-line-scaffold explanation; zero edits; 380/0.500 home-seq 13 (ledger) · numeric
At high altitude, the gas inside a partially inflated weather balloon is at 380 mmHg. What is the pressure in atmospheres? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.5 atm KEY
also accepted: .500
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 288800,
"misconception": "you multiplied by 760 instead of dividing — going TO atmospheres, divide",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by 760 instead of dividing — going TO atmospheres, divide."
},
{
"value": 3.75,
"misconception": "you divided by 101.3 — a mmHg value converts to atm through the 760 link of the chain",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by 101.3 — a mmHg value converts to atm through the 760 link of the chain."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP = 380 mmHg\nWrite down the equation:\n1 atm = 760 mmHg\nMake P in atm the subject:\nP in atm = P in mmHg ÷ 760\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP = 380 ÷ 760\nP = 0.500 atm"
}
GAS-012 · medium · application · seq 14 · seed:U9-G1/pool[35] (= GAS-012 gateItems[2], James) — carried from spec gateItems (Unicode) with the stage-1 MUST_FRESHEN_INSTANCE executed: flask A 0.500 atm -> 0.400 atm in stem + flask-A misconception + explanation (0.500 = seq-13's placed answer value); key re-derived and unchanged (Flask B: 0.375 < 0.400 < 0.543); every other field byte-faithful to spec incl. distractor order and the benchmark paragraph · mcq4
Three sealed flasks: flask A at 0.400 atm, flask B at 55.0 kPa, and flask C at 285 mmHg. Which flask has the highest pressure?
Flask B KEY
Flask C
Flask A
All three pressures are equal.
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 15 · seed:U9-G1/pool[40] (= GAS-014 gateItems[1], James) — SPEC stem + full answer contract + both misconceptions + 5-line-scaffold explanation VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode); the pool copy's builder-appended 'Give your answer to 2 significant figures.' sentence is NOT carried (seed_placement method_note: keep the SPEC stem + declared sigFigs contract, one instruction sentence — recorded stage-2 decision, see flags); 'displayed' -> 'display' field mapping only; integer:true added per blueprint numeric convention (additive); misconception feedback composed as 'This answer is wrong — <misconception>' (row-file convention) · numeric
Liquid nitrogen boils at −196 °C. What is this temperature in kelvins? Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.
Answer: 77 K KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 469,
"misconception": "you dropped the minus sign before adding — the −196 must stay negative: K = −196 + 273",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you dropped the minus sign before adding — the −196 must stay negative: K = −196 + 273."
},
{
"value": -469,
"misconception": "you subtracted 273 instead of adding it — and a kelvin temperature can never be negative",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you subtracted 273 instead of adding it — and a kelvin temperature can never be negative."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\n°C = −196 °C\nWrite down the equation:\nK = °C + 273\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nK = −196 + 273\nK = 77 K\nThe answer is small but positive — a kelvin temperature is never negative."
}
A freezer for storing lab samples holds its contents at 233 K. What is this temperature in degrees Celsius? Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.
Answer: -40 °C KEY
also accepted: −40
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 506,
"misconception": "you added 273 instead of subtracting — going from kelvin to Celsius runs the equation backward: °C = K − 273",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you added 273 instead of subtracting — going from kelvin to Celsius runs the equation backward: °C = K − 273."
},
{
"value": 40,
"misconception": "you dropped the minus sign — 233 K sits below 273 K, so the Celsius value must be negative",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you dropped the minus sign — 233 K sits below 273 K, so the Celsius value must be negative."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nK = 233 K\nWrite down the equation:\nK = °C + 273\nMake °C the subject:\n°C = K − 273\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\n°C = 233 − 273\n°C = −40 °C\n233 K sits below 273 K (0 °C), so the Celsius answer must come out negative."
}
GAS-003 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · seed:U9-G1/pool[7] (= GAS-003 gateItems[1], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags; stem keeps its <p> wrapper; distractor feedback composed as 'This option is wrong — <misconception>' (row-file convention); classes: collisions-powerless / energy-created / collisions-switch-off · mcq4
Suppose collisions between gas particles were NOT elastic. What would happen to the particles' motion over time?
The particles would lose energy of motion with each collision and slow down. KEY
Nothing would change — collisions do not affect a particle's energy of motion.
The particles would speed up with each collision.
The particles would stop colliding but keep moving at full speed.
GAS-008 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · seed:U9-G1/pool[23] (= GAS-008 gateItems[2], James; demo_curated[2] dual ref) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation, figureSpec; zero stage-1 flags · mcq4
The figure shows particle diagrams of two gas samples in same-size boxes, F and G. A student says box G shows the hotter gas 'because it has three times as many particles.' What do the diagrams actually show?
The two gases are at the same temperature — G simply holds more gas. KEY
G is hotter, as the student says.
F is hotter, because with fewer particles each one moves faster.
The temperatures cannot be compared because the amounts differ.
GAS-015 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · seed:U9-G1/pool[42] (= GAS-015 gateItems[0], James) with the stage-1 MUST_FRESHEN_INSTANCE executed: 200 K/400 K/473 K -> 170 K/340 K/613 K (p43 at ADJACENT seq 20 owns 200/400/473/673 and its stem would telegraph this key); stem, key, all three misconception texts and the explanation VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode) with only the instance values substituted; 613 = 340+273 chosen over the blueprint's e.g. 393 so the value matches the seed's verbatim '+273 to the doubled value' misconception text (the seed's own 473 = 200+273 did not — recorded stage-2 catch); 273 K distractor unchanged (taught constant, not an instance); distractor feedback composed as 'This option is wrong — <misconception>' (row-file convention) · mcq4
A gas sample at 170 K must be heated until its particles' average kinetic energy doubles. What final temperature is needed?
340 K KEY
170 K
273 K
613 K
GAS-015 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · seed:U9-G1/pool[43] (= GAS-015 gateItems[1], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags on this pool item; OWNS 200/400/473/673 at seq 20 (home-seq ledger — the ownership that forces p42's freshen at seq 19); stem keeps its <p> wrapper; distractor feedback composed as 'This option is wrong — <misconception>' (row-file convention); 'air' = bank-wide own-lesson material class courtesy-flagged at stage 2 (fix_log row-05 note) · mcq4
Oven A runs at 200 °C; oven B runs at 400 °C. A student says the gas particles in oven B have twice the average kinetic energy of those in oven A. Which correction is right?
Convert to kelvin first: 473 K and 673 K — the kelvin value did not double, so the energy did not double. KEY
No correction is needed — 400 is twice 200, so the energy is doubled.
The energy actually MORE than doubles, because hotter ovens always overshoot.
The comparison is impossible, because kinetic energy cannot be compared between two containers.
GAS-006 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (stage 2, conceptual production FRQ per blueprint case_target; fresh sealed-space surface = shipping container, blueprint candidate; part (c) = liquid contrast, GAS-006 taught addendum / gateItems[2] content class) · frq
A shipping container is emptied out, and its doors are shut and sealed. A small amount of gas is then released near one corner of the container's floor.
A shipping container is emptied out, and its doors are shut and sealed. A small amount of gas is then released near one corner of the container's floor.
(a) State what the gas does over the time that follows, and describe where the gas ends up.
(b) Explain why this happens, using what the kinetic molecular theory says about how gas particles move and about the attractions between gas particles.
(c) A liquid poured onto the floor of the same sealed container would sit there as a puddle instead of filling it. Explain what is different about the particles of a liquid.
Write your answers in plain words; no symbols or special characters are needed.
Part a. State what the gas does over the time that follows, and describe where the gas ends up.
Model: The gas spreads out from the corner where it was released. Given time, it reaches every part of the container — top to bottom, end to end — and ends up spread evenly throughout the whole space. A gas fills its whole container.
Part b. Explain why this happens, using what the kinetic molecular theory says about how gas particles move and about the attractions between gas particles.
Model: Gas particles move constantly and rapidly in straight lines, in random directions, so the particles released in that corner scatter — each travels its own straight lines, in its own random directions. And the kinetic molecular theory treats gas particles as having no attractions, so nothing pulls them back together once they have scattered. The particles keep spreading until they reach the container's walls, which bounce them straight back inside. That is why the gas ends up spread through the whole container.
Part c. A liquid poured onto the floor of the same sealed container would sit there as a puddle instead of filling it. Explain what is different about the particles of a liquid.
Write your answers in plain words; no symbols or special characters are needed.
Model: A liquid's particles stay touching one another, so a liquid keeps its own volume and sits where it is poured. Gas particles move independently, with no attractions holding them together, so they scatter and fill the space; a liquid's particles never scatter apart, so the puddle stays a puddle.
Full model answer. (a) The gas spreads out from the corner where it was released. Given time, it reaches every part of the container — top to bottom, end to end — and ends up spread evenly throughout the whole space. A gas fills its whole container.
(b) Gas particles move constantly and rapidly in straight lines, in random directions, so the particles released in that corner scatter — each travels its own straight lines, in its own random directions. And the kinetic molecular theory treats gas particles as having no attractions, so nothing pulls them back together once they have scattered. The particles keep spreading until they reach the container's walls, which bounce them straight back inside. That is why the gas ends up spread through the whole container.
(c) A liquid's particles stay touching one another, so a liquid keeps its own volume and sits where it is poured. Gas particles move independently, with no attractions holding them together, so they scatter and fill the space; a liquid's particles never scatter apart, so the puddle stays a puddle.
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 22 · authored (UNSEEDED — prod_seeds = []; fresh real named temperatures: butterfly-conservatory 29 °C replaces the DROPPED 4 °C fridge candidate (−269 hook collision + GAS-005 refrigerator surface — see flags); sauna 363 K -> 90 °C is the blueprint's own reserved candidate; values 29/302/−244 + 363/90 swept clean vs scope spec + rows 01–16/18/20 + ledger) · frq
Two readings arrive on a science-club data sheet: a tropical butterfly conservatory holds its flight hall at 29 °C, and a heat-therapy study logs a sauna's cabin temperature as 363 K.
Two readings arrive on a science-club data sheet: a tropical butterfly conservatory holds its flight hall at 29 °C, and a heat-therapy study logs a sauna's cabin temperature as 363 K.
(a) Convert 29 °C to kelvins. Show every step of your working.
(b) Convert 363 K to degrees Celsius. Show every step of your working.
(c) A classmate converting the 29 °C reading got −244 K. State the arithmetic mistake that produces this answer, and explain how you can tell it must be wrong without redoing the calculation.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. Convert 29 °C to kelvins. Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: °C = 29 °C
Equation: K = °C + 273
Working: K = 29 + 273
K = 302 K
29 °C is above 0 °C, so the kelvin value must land above 273 K — 302 K passes that check.
Part b. Convert 363 K to degrees Celsius. Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: K = 363 K
Equation: K = °C + 273
Rearranged: °C = K − 273
Working: °C = 363 − 273
°C = 90 °C
363 K sits above 273 K (0 °C), so the Celsius answer must come out positive.
Part c. A classmate converting the 29 °C reading got −244 K. State the arithmetic mistake that produces this answer, and explain how you can tell it must be wrong without redoing the calculation.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: Subtracting 273 instead of adding it gives 29 − 273 = −244 K. Without redoing anything, the answer gives itself away: a kelvin temperature is never negative, so if a kelvin answer comes out below zero, the 273 was subtracted when it should have been added. The correct conversion adds: K = 29 + 273 = 302 K.
Full model answer. (a) Values: °C = 29 °C
Equation: K = °C + 273
Working: K = 29 + 273
K = 302 K
29 °C is above 0 °C, so the kelvin value must land above 273 K — 302 K passes that check.
(b) Values: K = 363 K
Equation: K = °C + 273
Rearranged: °C = K − 273
Working: °C = 363 − 273
°C = 90 °C
363 K sits above 273 K (0 °C), so the Celsius answer must come out positive.
(c) Subtracting 273 instead of adding it gives 29 − 273 = −244 K. Without redoing anything, the answer gives itself away: a kelvin temperature is never negative, so if a kelvin answer comes out below zero, the 273 was subtracted when it should have been added. The correct conversion adds: K = 29 + 273 = 302 K.
A sealed glass bulb holds a gas sample. According to the kinetic molecular theory, which statement gives the spacing between the gas particles?
Very far apart compared with their own size — gaps many times wider than a particle. KEY
Touching one another, the way particles in a liquid sit.
About half a particle width apart.
It varies from gas to gas — the particles of some gases sit touching.
GAS-002 · easy · recall · seq 2 · authored (stage 2, what-doing full-package pick per case_rotation; element-free fresh surface; classes: run-down / single-stream (fluency-1 classes re-worded) / needs-outside-disturbance (fresh); key re-cut off seed-p3-key's opener since gate-item text is not a whitelist source; taught wording licensed by the runtime rule-line + fluency non-stem whitelist) · mcq4
A sealed display case in a quiet exhibit hall has been undisturbed for months. Which statement describes what the gas particles inside the case are doing?
In constant, rapid motion — each particle in a straight line until it collides with something. KEY
Slowly winding down — after months sealed in, they barely move at all.
Circulating together around the case in one slow, steady loop.
Resting in place, moving only when something bumps or opens the case.
GAS-009 · easy · recall · seq 3 · authored (stage 2, firmness read per case_target rotation; fresh camping air mattress surface; classes: upward-top-only / weight-swap / solidified-gas (2nd of 2 with A); taught wording licensed by rule lines 2/4 + fluency-3 non-stem whitelist) · mcq4
A camping mattress is pumped up firm, and its valve is then sealed shut. Which statement tells what the sealed gas is doing?
Pushing outward on the whole of the mattress's inner surface. KEY
Pushing only upward, on the top surface where a sleeper lies.
Holding the mattress's shape up with the gas's own weight.
Setting firm, like a solid block that fills the whole mattress.
GAS-013 · easy · recall · seq 4 · seed:U9-G1/pool[36] (= GAS-013 gateItems[0], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags; −273 °C = taught constant (rule line 3) — the placement note's expected stage-3 constants adjudication · mcq4
A physics laboratory cools a speck of matter to within a fraction of a degree of −273 °C. Why can't the team keep cooling it far below that?
−273 °C is absolute zero — no lower temperature exists. KEY
The cooling equipment simply is not powerful enough yet.
Below −273 °C, matter turns into a gas and escapes.
Temperatures below −273 °C exist but cannot be measured.
GAS-004 · medium · application · seq 5 · seed:U9-G1/pool[9] (= GAS-004 gateItems[0], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags; WATER HOME-SEQ 5 claimed here (bars p2/p17 per the stage-1 ledger); expected scope-material WARN if water appears in another scope lesson's article/fluency text (memory-answerability check in blind) · mcq4
Water molecules attract one another strongly, yet the kinetic molecular theory treats the molecules of water vapor as having no attractions. What makes this reasonable?
In the vapor, the molecules are so far apart that the weak attractions between them barely act. KEY
The attractions disappear when liquid water becomes vapor.
Water vapor's molecules are a different kind of particle from the ones in liquid water.
The theory only covers gases whose particles never attract anything.
The gas inside a greenhouse is at 19 °C in the morning and 27 °C by noon. A student concludes that every single gas particle at noon moves faster than any particle did in the morning. What is the correct conclusion?
The particles move faster on average — individual speeds still vary and overlap between the two times. KEY
The student is right — at a higher temperature, every particle outruns every cooler-day particle.
The speeds do not change — only the particles' kinetic energy rises.
Only a fixed half of the particles speed up, and the same half every time.
GAS-006 · medium · application · seq 7 · seed:U9-G1/pool[16] (= GAS-006 gateItems[1], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags; HELIUM HOME-SEQ 7 claimed here (stage-1 ledger: bars p4/p27/p44); helium–air mixture = the seeded incidental mixture (extraNotes-compatible) · mcq4
A birthday balloon is filled with a mixture of two different gases, tied, and left overnight. In the morning the mixture is still spread through the whole balloon rather than settled at the bottom. Why?
The particles never stop moving — their constant random motion keeps them spread through the whole space. KEY
The balloon's stretched rubber pushes the gas around until it is spread evenly through the inside.
The lighter gas holds the heavier gas's particles up.
The particles did settle, but they are too small for the settled layer to be seen.
GAS-007 · medium · application · seq 8 · seed:U9-G1/pool[19] (= GAS-007 gateItems[1], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; watch-token 'two hundred'/'3 L' vs seq-20 numeral 200 recorded (stage-1 note, no action — home_seq_ledger owns the tokens at this seq) · mcq4
A 3 L metal diving cylinder holds as much breathing gas as two hundred 3 L beach balls. What makes this possible?
Almost all of the space inside a gas is empty, so its particles can be pushed enormously closer together. KEY
Most of the gas particles dissolve into the cylinder walls.
The compressor destroys most of the particles and re-creates them when the gas is released.
The gas particles fold up much smaller under the squeeze.
The two boxes hold the same amount of gas, and box E's gas is at the higher temperature. KEY
The two boxes hold the same amount of gas, and box D's gas is at the higher temperature.
Box E holds the larger amount of gas, and the two samples are at the same temperature.
The two boxes hold the same amount of gas, and the two samples are at the same temperature.
GAS-010 · medium · application · seq 11 · seed:U9-G1/pool[29] (= GAS-010 gateItems[2], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags · mcq4
A student says the gas in a sealed bottle presses on the walls 'because gas is springy, like foam rubber.' What is the actual source of the press?
Countless gas particles colliding with the walls, each collision giving a tiny outward push. KEY
The student is right — gas is a continuous springy material.
The bottled gas's weight, pressing outward on all of the walls at once.
Gas particles packed against the walls, wedging them outward.
GAS-011 · medium · application · seq 12 · seed:U9-G1/pool[32] (= GAS-011 gateItems[2], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags; constants 101.3/760/273 in options — the placement note's expected stage-3 constants adjudication class · mcq4
A laboratory gas line runs at exactly 1 atm. Two gauges on the line read in kPa and mmHg. Which pair of readings is correct?
101.3 kPa and 760 mmHg KEY
760 kPa and 101.3 mmHg
1.0 kPa and 1.0 mmHg
101.3 kPa and 101.3 mmHg
GAS-012 · medium · application · seq 13 · seed:U9-G1/pool[33] (= GAS-012 gateItems[0], James) — INTERACTION CONVERSION mcq4 -> numeric ENTRY (stage-1 flag; HS numeric-entry rule beats the AP gate-exception): stem verbatim + one appended numeric-instruction sentence; key value 2026 kPa unchanged (exact 20.0 × 101.3; sigFigs-4 adjudication recorded in flags); three distractor values -> wrongValueDiagnostics with James's misconception texts verbatim; spec explanation (scaffold + sanity check) carried verbatim · numeric
A compressed-gas line runs at 20.0 atm. What is that pressure in kilopascals? Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.
Answer: 2026 kPa KEY
also accepted: 2026.
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.197,
"misconception": "you divided by 101.3 instead of multiplying — going FROM atmospheres, multiply",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by 101.3 instead of multiplying — going FROM atmospheres, multiply."
},
{
"value": 15200,
"misconception": "you used the mmHg equivalence — converting to kPa uses the 101.3 link of the chain",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you used the mmHg equivalence — converting to kPa uses the 101.3 link of the chain."
},
{
"value": 121.3,
"misconception": "you added 101.3 to the atm value — converting multiplies by the equivalence, never adds it",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you added 101.3 to the atm value — converting multiplies by the equivalence, never adds it."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP = 20.0 atm\nWrite down the equation:\n1 atm = 101.3 kPa\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP = 20.0 × 101.3\nP = 2026 kPa\nThe sanity check agrees: the atm number is always the smallest, so the kPa value must be far larger than 20.0."
}
GAS-012 · medium · application · seq 14 · authored (stage 2, fresh three-container mixed-unit set per case_target; highest-ask, only-one-above-1-atm design, atm gauge keys; fresh workshop/air-receiver surface — GAS-012's own cylinder/boiler/tire/pipeline/flask corpus surfaces barred; classes: raw-gauge-number (central family, 2nd of 3, reworded off the seed's 'compared the raw numbers') / kPa-benchmark-side misread (fresh class) / equality-of-all-three (2nd of 2 with the A seed, reworded off the seed's 'automatically the same')) · mcq4
A workshop stores compressed gas for its tools in three sealed receivers. The gauge on receiver 1 reads 95.0 kPa, receiver 2 reads 1.10 atm, and receiver 3 reads 700 mmHg. Which receiver is at the highest pressure?
Receiver 2 KEY
Receiver 3
Receiver 1
All three receivers are at equal pressure.
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 15 · authored (stage 2, fresh real named cold temperature per case_target — routine deep-winter reading in Yakutsk, Siberia; negative operand keeps parity with the seed; value grid 45/228/318 swept clean vs all scope-spec tokens + ledger; element-free and air-free surface) · numeric
On a January morning in Yakutsk, Siberia, the outdoor temperature is −45 °C. What is this temperature in kelvins? Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.
Answer: 228 K KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 318,
"misconception": "you dropped the minus sign before adding — the −45 must stay negative: K = −45 + 273",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you dropped the minus sign before adding — the −45 must stay negative: K = −45 + 273."
},
{
"value": -318,
"misconception": "you subtracted 273 instead of adding it — and a kelvin temperature can never be negative",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you subtracted 273 instead of adding it — and a kelvin temperature can never be negative."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\n°C = −45 °C\nWrite down the equation:\nK = °C + 273\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nK = −45 + 273\nK = 228 K\nThe −45 stays negative in the sum, yet the result comes out positive — a kelvin temperature is never negative."
}
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target: fresh real K-labeled reading, K -> degC; egg incubation ≈ 38 °C) · numeric
An egg incubator at a poultry hatchery keeps its interior at 311 K. What is this temperature in degrees Celsius? Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.
Answer: 38 °C KEY
also accepted: +38
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 584,
"misconception": "you added 273 instead of subtracting — going from kelvin to Celsius runs the equation backward: °C = K − 273",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you added 273 instead of subtracting — going from kelvin to Celsius runs the equation backward: °C = K − 273."
},
{
"value": 311,
"misconception": "you copied the kelvin value without converting — the two scales differ by 273",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you copied the kelvin value without converting — the two scales differ by 273."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nK = 311 K\nWrite down the equation:\nK = °C + 273\nMake °C the subject:\n°C = K − 273\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\n°C = 311 − 273\n°C = 38 °C\nBecause 311 K is above 273 K, the answer lands above zero — 38 °C passes that check."
}
GAS-003 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · authored (stage 2, would-the-gas-settle counterfactual endpoint per case_target rotation; element-free, air-free, digit-free, no named surface; stem gram 'collisions between gas particles' + 'of their energy of motion' rule-line-licensed; classes: collisions-powerless (2nd of 2 with A(a), reworded — A5 same-seq lane recorded) / collisions-switch-off (2nd of 2 with A(c), reworded — same lane) / walls-feed-energy (1st of 2 with E(c); p6(b)'s class, 4-gram-clean of its text)) · mcq4
If collisions between gas particles bled away a bit of their energy of motion each time — the way collisions between everyday objects do — what would eventually happen to a sealed sample of gas?
Its particles would slow down a little at every collision and finally come to rest — the constant motion would run down. KEY
Nothing would change, because collisions cannot alter a particle's motion at all.
The particles would keep their speeds but simply stop colliding with one another.
The gas would keep all of its motion anyway, because its walls would hand back whatever motion the collisions had drained.
GAS-008 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (stage 2, more-dots-means-hotter MIRRORED per case_target rotation — the seed's claim class with the crowded box flipped to F; fresh 12/5 identical-arrows configuration; classes: dots-as-temperature (claim accepted, seed d1 class) / share-out speed (seed d2 class, rephrased) / evened-out-amounts (flu2 d2 class); taught wording licensed by flu2/flu3 non-stem fields) · mcq4
The figure shows particle diagrams of two gas samples in same-size boxes. A student claims that the gas in box F must be hotter than the gas in box G, since box F holds far more particles. How should the two diagrams be read?
FIGURE (gas-particle-box · stimulus) — boxes: [{"label": "F", "count": 12, "arrowLength": "medium", "spacing": "far apart", "fill": "whole box"}, {"label": "G", "count": 5, "arrowLength": "medium", "spac… · style: "two same-size boxes side by side; F crowded (12 dots), G sparse (5 dots); identical arrow lengths in the two boxes; one particle kind"raw spec
{
"figureRequired": true,
"figureShape": "stimulus",
"figureSpec": {
"figureType": "gas-particle-box",
"boxes": [
{
"label": "F",
"count": 12,
"arrowLength": "medium",
"spacing": "far apart",
"fill": "whole box"
},
{
"label": "G",
"count": 5,
"arrowLength": "medium",
"spacing": "far apart",
"fill": "whole box"
}
],
"style": "two same-size boxes side by side; F crowded (12 dots), G sparse (5 dots); identical arrow lengths in the two boxes; one particle kind"
}
}
The two gases are at the same temperature, and box F holds the larger amount of gas. KEY
The gas in box F is hotter, just as the student claims.
The gas in box G is hotter, because a box with fewer particles gives each particle more speed.
The two boxes hold the same amount of gas.
GAS-015 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (stage 2, fresh KE-ratio read per case_target: forward HALVING — the seed family's ratio run in the opposite direction; values 390/195/780/117 fresh and swept against all written rows + all 15 spec dumps; originally drafted 330/165/660/57 and REPICKED after sibling row22.json claimed 330 and 57 mid-flight) · mcq4
A sealed gas sample is at 434 K. It must be cooled until the particles' average kinetic energy is half of its current value. What temperature must it be cooled to?
217 K KEY
868 K
161 K
434 K
GAS-015 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (stage 2, claim evaluation per case_rotation; fresh reptile-terrarium heat-lamp surface, generic air; values 13/26 degC = 286/299 K verified disjoint from every barred set; key leans on fluency-3's key run 'in kelvin the rise is only from' [whitelist]; classes: celsius-doubling (2nd of 2 with A(a); fluency-3(a) misconception wording, whitelist source) / equal-step-size-ratio (fresh class — misapplies GAS-013's equal-step fact to ratios; step-size run = fluency-1(a) wording, whitelist source) / wording-slip (fluency-3(b) family, whitelist source)) · mcq4
A heat lamp warms a reptile terrarium from 13 °C to 26 °C. A student looks at the two readings and says the terrarium is now twice as hot as before. Which statement correctly evaluates the claim?
The claim is wrong — in kelvin the rise is only from 286 K to 299 K, nowhere near a doubling of the temperature. KEY
The claim is right — 26 is twice 13, so the particles inside now have double the average kinetic energy.
The claim is right, because one kelvin step and one Celsius step are the same size, so doubling carries across the scales.
The claim just needs softer wording — 'twice as warm' would make it accurate.
GAS-006 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (stage 2, conceptual production FRQ per blueprint case_target; fresh sealed-space surface = submarine cabin, blueprint candidate; part (c) = strong-attraction counterfactual, GAS-006 rule-2 / GAS-004-retrieval content class, V-T11-safe per blueprint) · frq
During a dockside check, the cabin of a research submarine is sealed off with no crew inside, and a small amount of gas is released at the front of the cabin.
During a dockside check, the cabin of a research submarine is sealed off with no crew inside, and a small amount of gas is released at the front of the cabin.
(a) State what the gas does over the time that follows, and describe where the gas ends up.
(b) Explain why this happens, using what the kinetic molecular theory says about how gas particles move and about the attractions between gas particles.
(c) Now suppose the particles of this gas strongly attracted one another. Explain how the outcome would change, and why.
Write your answers in plain words; no symbols or special characters are needed.
Part a. State what the gas does over the time that follows, and describe where the gas ends up.
Model: The gas spreads out from the front of the cabin. Given time, it reaches every part of the cabin and ends up spread evenly throughout the whole space. A gas fills its whole container.
Part b. Explain why this happens, using what the kinetic molecular theory says about how gas particles move and about the attractions between gas particles.
Model: Gas particles move constantly and rapidly in straight lines, in random directions, so the particles released at the front scatter — each travels its own straight lines, in its own random directions. And the kinetic molecular theory treats gas particles as having no attractions, so nothing pulls them back together once they have scattered. The particles keep spreading until they reach the cabin's walls, which bounce them straight back inside. That is why the gas ends up spread through the whole cabin.
Part c. Now suppose the particles of this gas strongly attracted one another. Explain how the outcome would change, and why.
Write your answers in plain words; no symbols or special characters are needed.
Model: If the particles strongly attracted one another, they would be pulled back toward one another instead of scattering — they would cling together in clumps, behaving more like a liquid. The gas fills the cabin only because nothing pulls its particles back together; with strong attractions it would no longer spread through the whole cabin.
Full model answer. (a) The gas spreads out from the front of the cabin. Given time, it reaches every part of the cabin and ends up spread evenly throughout the whole space. A gas fills its whole container.
(b) Gas particles move constantly and rapidly in straight lines, in random directions, so the particles released at the front scatter — each travels its own straight lines, in its own random directions. And the kinetic molecular theory treats gas particles as having no attractions, so nothing pulls them back together once they have scattered. The particles keep spreading until they reach the cabin's walls, which bounce them straight back inside. That is why the gas ends up spread through the whole cabin.
(c) If the particles strongly attracted one another, they would be pulled back toward one another instead of scattering — they would cling together in clumps, behaving more like a liquid. The gas fills the cabin only because nothing pulls its particles back together; with strong attractions it would no longer spread through the whole cabin.
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 22 · authored (UNSEEDED — both blueprint-reserved candidates carried: Vostok record −89 °C -> 184 K (negative operand per spec extraNotes; 'Vostok research base' phrasing avoids the 'station' word owned by the weather-station surface) and Mars-lander night 210 K -> −63 °C (negative result); values −89/184/−362 + 210/−63 swept clean; Yakutsk ≠ Vostok per row 15's recorded note) · frq
A book of weather records lists two extremes: the Vostok research base in Antarctica once measured −89 °C, the coldest ground-level temperature ever logged on Earth, and a Mars lander logged a nighttime ground temperature of 210 K.
A book of weather records lists two extremes: the Vostok research base in Antarctica once measured −89 °C, the coldest ground-level temperature ever logged on Earth, and a Mars lander logged a nighttime ground temperature of 210 K.
(a) Convert −89 °C to kelvins. Show every step of your working.
(b) Convert 210 K to degrees Celsius. Show every step of your working.
(c) A classmate converting the −89 °C reading got −362 K. State the arithmetic mistake that produces this answer, and explain how you can tell it must be wrong without redoing the calculation.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. Convert −89 °C to kelvins. Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: °C = −89 °C
Equation: K = °C + 273
Working: K = −89 + 273
K = 184 K
−89 °C sits below 0 °C, so the kelvin answer must land below 273 K — 184 K passes that check, and it stays positive: a kelvin temperature is never negative.
Part b. Convert 210 K to degrees Celsius. Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: K = 210 K
Equation: K = °C + 273
Rearranged: °C = K − 273
Working: °C = 210 − 273
°C = −63 °C
210 K sits below 273 K (0 °C), so the Celsius answer must come out negative.
Part c. A classmate converting the −89 °C reading got −362 K. State the arithmetic mistake that produces this answer, and explain how you can tell it must be wrong without redoing the calculation.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: Subtracting 273 instead of adding it gives −89 − 273 = −362 K. Without redoing anything, the answer gives itself away: a kelvin temperature is never negative, so if a kelvin answer comes out below zero, the 273 was subtracted when it should have been added. The correct conversion adds and keeps the minus sign on the −89: K = −89 + 273 = 184 K.
Full model answer. (a) Values: °C = −89 °C
Equation: K = °C + 273
Working: K = −89 + 273
K = 184 K
−89 °C sits below 0 °C, so the kelvin answer must land below 273 K — 184 K passes that check, and it stays positive: a kelvin temperature is never negative.
(b) Values: K = 210 K
Equation: K = °C + 273
Rearranged: °C = K − 273
Working: °C = 210 − 273
°C = −63 °C
210 K sits below 273 K (0 °C), so the Celsius answer must come out negative.
(c) Subtracting 273 instead of adding it gives −89 − 273 = −362 K. Without redoing anything, the answer gives itself away: a kelvin temperature is never negative, so if a kelvin answer comes out below zero, the 273 was subtracted when it should have been added. The correct conversion adds and keeps the minus sign on the −89: K = −89 + 273 = 184 K.
Form C
GAS-001 · easy · recall · seq 1 · authored (stage 2, empty-space read per case_target rotation; element-free fresh surface, stem re-phrased off WE-1/fluency-1 stem runs and p16's 'is filled with a'; classes: packed-tightly (2nd of 2) / swollen-particles / air-fills-gaps (2nd of 2, misconception tail = fluency-1(b) whitelist wording)) · mcq4
A rigid metal tank contains a gas sample. According to the kinetic molecular theory, which of these accounts for most of the room inside the tank?
Empty space — the particles themselves take up almost none of the room. KEY
Gas particles packed side by side, filling the tank wall to wall.
Particles that have puffed up until each one fills a share of the tank.
A thin spread of unseen vapor sitting between the gas particles.
GAS-002 · easy · recall · seq 2 · authored (stage 2, do-they-ever-stop probe per case_rotation; element-free fresh surface, driveway chosen to stay off the seq-21 FRQ 'garage' candidate; classes: still-air-means-still (2nd of 2) / stops-between-collisions (fresh) / run-down (2nd of 2); C(a) misconception and C(b) text re-cut off seed-explanation and WE-1 runs) · mcq4
A car parked in a driveway sits locked overnight, and the gas in its cabin is completely calm. Do the cabin's gas particles ever stop moving?
No — gas particles never stop to rest; they move constantly, at any hour of the night. KEY
Yes — while the cabin gas is completely calm, the particles are resting too.
Yes — each particle pauses for an instant between collisions before setting off again.
Yes — over the night the particles gradually lose their motion and sit still by morning.
GAS-009 · easy · recall · seq 3 · authored (stage 2, definition-measure read per case_target rotation; fresh basketball surface; WE-1's facet with a fully re-cut stem and a rule-3 (not WE-result) key; classes: speed-swap / amount-swap / weight-swap (2nd of 2 with B) — fluency-1's taught trio re-instanced, misconception wording = fluency-1 non-stem whitelist) · mcq4
A basketball is pumped up before a game. The gas inside it has a pressure. What does that pressure measure?
How hard the trapped gas pushes outward — force spread over the ball's wall area. KEY
The average speed of the gas particles as they move around inside the ball.
The amount of gas the ball holds, measured by counting its particles.
The gas's weight, pressing down on the bottom of the ball.
A planetarium show says the temperature of deep space sits just a few kelvins above 0 K. What does 0 K, the zero of the kelvin scale, mark?
Absolute zero — the temperature at which particles have the least possible motion. KEY
The temperature that the Celsius scale labels as zero.
The coldest temperature any laboratory has reached so far.
A handy reference point scientists agreed on, with colder temperatures still below it.
GAS-004 · medium · application · seq 5 · seed:U9-G1/pool[11] (= GAS-004 gateItems[2], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags; BROMINE HOME-SEQ 5 (unique in gate; bromine appears in no scope lesson's article/fluency text) · mcq4
In liquid bromine the particles cling together, but in bromine vapor they do not. According to the kinetic molecular theory, why don't the vapor's particles cling?
The vapor's particles sit so far apart that the weak attractions barely act. KEY
The vapor's particles have lost their ability to attract.
The vapor's particles repel one another.
In the vapor, attractions act only where particles touch the walls.
GAS-005 · medium · application · seq 6 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target: two-sample compare at stated degC) · mcq4
Two identical sealed glass jars hold the same amount of the same gas. One jar sits in a cool cellar at 18 °C; the other sits beside a warm radiator at 42 °C. Which statement compares the particles in the two jars correctly?
On average, the particles in the 42 °C jar are moving faster than the particles in the 18 °C jar. KEY
The particles in the 42 °C jar are larger than the particles in the 18 °C jar.
In each jar, all the particles move at one shared speed fixed by that jar's temperature.
The particles in the 18 °C jar have stopped moving.
GAS-006 · medium · application · seq 7 · authored (stage 2, far-end-detection explain-why per case_target rotation; element-free fresh test-chamber surface; classes: drafts-carried (fresh) / repulsion-pushes (fluency-1(b) class, misconception licensed verbatim) / walls-attract (2nd of 2, surface re-worded off the A-seed, misconception = fluency-3(b) licensed wording)) · mcq4
To hunt for leaks, a technician lets a little tracer gas escape at one end of a long, sealed test chamber. Nothing stirs inside the sealed chamber, yet within minutes detectors at the far end pick up the tracer. How did the tracer get there?
Its particles move constantly in straight lines, in random directions, and some of those paths carry the tracer to the far end. KEY
Stray drafts left inside the chamber carried the tracer across to the far end.
The tracer particles repel one another, and that outward push drives them across the chamber to the far end.
The chamber's far wall attracts the tracer particles and draws them across the chamber.
GAS-007 · medium · application · seq 8 · seed:U9-G1/pool[20] (= GAS-007 gateItems[2], James) — VERBATIM from spec gateItems (Unicode): stem, key, all three distractors, misconceptions, explanation; zero stage-1 flags · mcq4
A student says a gas compresses because 'gas particles are soft and squash like little sponges.' What actually happens when a gas is squeezed?
The particles keep their size and shape — they are simply pushed closer together. KEY
The student is right — each particle squashes to make room.
The particles break apart into smaller pieces, and the smaller pieces pack more tightly.
The particles dissolve into one another wherever they meet.
GAS-008 · medium · application · seq 9 · authored (stage 2, most-gas read per case_target rotation; fresh 3-box config, most-crowded box carries the shortest arrows to split the two conventions; classes: arrow-length-as-amount / same-size-boxes-same-amount claim / amount-cannot-be-read (fluency-2 taught distractor class); taught wording licensed by rule lines 4-5 + fluency-2 non-stem fields) · mcq4
The figure shows particle diagrams of three gas samples in same-size boxes, A, B, and C. Which box holds the largest amount of gas?
FIGURE (gas-particle-box · stimulus) — boxes: [{"label": "A", "count": 7, "arrowLength": "long", "spacing": "far apart", "fill": "whole box"}, {"label": "B", "count": 11, "arrowLength": "short", "spacing… · style: "three same-size boxes side by side; dot counts clearly differ, B most crowded; arrow lengths ranked long (A), short (B), medium (C); one particle kind"raw spec
The amount of gas cannot be read from a particle diagram.
GAS-008 · medium · application · seq 10 · authored (stage 2, more-gas-same-temp per case_target rotation; fresh 14/7 identical-arrows configuration; classes: dots-as-temperature (crowded-is-hotter) / evened-out-amounts (flu2 d2 class) / sparser-faster share-out; taught wording licensed by rule 5 + flu1/flu2 non-stem fields) | blind wave-1: case swapped in from B#10 (more-gas-same-temp, counts refreshed 14/7->12/6) to break the C#10/C#18 same-class repeat flagged by r1 · mcq4
The figure shows particle diagrams of two gas samples in same-size boxes. Which conclusion do the two diagrams support?
FIGURE (gas-particle-box · stimulus) — boxes: [{"label": "D", "count": 12, "arrowLength": "medium", "spacing": "far apart", "fill": "whole box"}, {"label": "E", "count": 6, "arrowLength": "medium", "spac… · style: "two same-size boxes side by side; D crowded (12 dots), E sparse (6 dots); identical arrow lengths in the two boxes; one particle kind"raw spec
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Box D holds the larger amount of gas, and the two samples are at the same temperature. KEY
Box D holds the larger amount of gas, and box D's gas is at the higher temperature.
The two boxes hold the same amount of gas, and the two samples are at the same temperature.
Box D holds the larger amount of gas, and box E's gas is at the higher temperature.
GAS-010 · medium · application · seq 11 · authored (stage 2, harder-collisions compare per case_target rotation — the hardness lever of MECH-KMT-PRESSURE with the change STATED in-stem; element-free containers X/Y surface; classes: inverted-mechanism (2nd of 2 with A(a), reworded off gate1 d0) / frequency-only partial mechanism (fresh class, rule-5 licensed tail) / more-info-needed (2nd of 2 with A(c), amount variant, reworded off gate1 d2)) · mcq4
Container X and container Y are identical and sealed, and each holds a sample of gas. The walls of the two containers are struck by particles equally often, but every strike in container X lands harder than the strikes in container Y. In which container is the gas's pressure higher?
Container X — its walls take equally frequent but harder strikes, and harder collisions mean more pressure. KEY
Container Y — its gentler strikes blend into a smoother, stronger overall push.
The pressures in the two containers match — only how often the walls are struck matters, and the strike rates are equal.
No answer is possible without knowing how much gas each container holds.
GAS-011 · medium · application · seq 12 · authored (stage 2, mmHg-anchor read per case_target rotation; fresh hospital bedside-outlet surface — mmHg-in-medicine licensed by rule line 3; element-free, air-free, unnamed gas; classes: carried-number-across-units (2nd of 2 with B(b); fluency-2(a) misconception wording, whitelist source) / kPa-number-grab (fluency-2(b) wording, whitelist source) / small-unit-means-small-pressure (fresh class — judges pressure from UNIT size, distinct from A(a)'s number-size class); fluency-2's facet re-cut — memory-answerability watch recorded) | sol loop-1 F: scenario swapped hospital outlet -> sea-level weather station (piped medical gas is never at 1 atm); full-field sweep · mcq4
On a calm day, a harbor-town weather station at sea level reports the outdoor pressure as 760 mmHg. The station's public display shows the same pressure in atmospheres. Which value belongs on the display?
1 atm — 760 mmHg names that same pressure in a different unit. KEY
760 atm — the number carries across when the unit changes.
101.3 atm — the chain's other number gives the atm value.
Far less than 1 atm — the millimeter-based unit is a much smaller unit than atmospheres.
The ventilation system of a deep mine holds its lowest tunnels at 1.15 atm. What is that pressure in mmHg? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 874 mmHg KEY
also accepted: 874.
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"value": 0.00151,
"misconception": "you divided by 760 instead of multiplying — going FROM atmospheres, multiply",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by 760 instead of multiplying — going FROM atmospheres, multiply."
},
{
"value": 116,
"misconception": "you used the kPa equivalence — converting to mmHg uses the 760 link of the chain",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you used the kPa equivalence — converting to mmHg uses the 760 link of the chain."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP = 1.15 atm\nWrite down the equation:\n1 atm = 760 mmHg\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP = 1.15 × 760\nP = 874 mmHg\nThe sanity check agrees: the atm number is always the smallest, so the mmHg value must be far larger than 1.15."
}
GAS-012 · medium · application · seq 14 · authored (stage 2, fresh three-container mixed-unit set per case_target; lowest-ask, quarter-of-760 benchmark design, mmHg gauge keys; fresh laboratory-rack/reservoir surface; classes: sanity-check-misapplied-as-ranking (fresh class, corrected with rule line 5 quoted under the taught-wording license) / cross-unit benchmark swap (fresh class) / pairwise-tie claim (fresh class); '190' ≠ fluency token '1900', distinct tokens recorded) · mcq4
Three sealed gas reservoirs sit on a laboratory rack: reservoir 1 at 0.850 atm, reservoir 2 at 104 kPa, and reservoir 3 at 205 mmHg. Which reservoir sits at the lowest pressure?
Reservoir 3 KEY
Reservoir 1
Reservoir 2
Reservoirs 1 and 3 are tied for the lowest pressure.
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 15 · authored (stage 2, fresh real equipment setting per case_target — deep-frozen cold-storage warehouse; negative operand; value grid 28/245/301 swept clean vs all scope-spec tokens + ledger; element-free and air-free surface; sanity line mirrors the gateItems[0] below-273-K check style, licensed) · numeric
A cold-storage warehouse keeps its rooms at −28 °C. What is this temperature in kelvins? Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.
Answer: 245 K KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"value": 301,
"misconception": "you dropped the minus sign before adding — the −28 must stay negative: K = −28 + 273",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you dropped the minus sign before adding — the −28 must stay negative: K = −28 + 273."
},
{
"value": -301,
"misconception": "you subtracted 273 instead of adding it — and a kelvin temperature can never be negative",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you subtracted 273 instead of adding it — and a kelvin temperature can never be negative."
}
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feedback
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"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\n°C = −28 °C\nWrite down the equation:\nK = °C + 273\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nK = −28 + 273\nK = 245 K\n−28 °C sits below 0 °C, so the kelvin answer must land below 273 K — 245 K passes that check."
}
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target: fresh real K-labeled reading, K -> degC; typical outside reading at cruising height ≈ −47 °C; keeps seed A's negative-answer skill) · numeric
During a flight, an airliner's outside-temperature probe reads 226 K. What is this temperature in degrees Celsius? Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.
Answer: -47 °C KEY
also accepted: −47
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 499,
"misconception": "you added 273 instead of subtracting — going from kelvin to Celsius runs the equation backward: °C = K − 273",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you added 273 instead of subtracting — going from kelvin to Celsius runs the equation backward: °C = K − 273."
},
{
"value": 47,
"misconception": "you subtracted the kelvin reading from 273 instead of subtracting 273 from it — the order matters here, and this reading lands below zero on the Celsius scale",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you subtracted the kelvin reading from 273 instead of subtracting 273 from it — the order matters here, and this reading lands below zero on the Celsius scale."
}
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feedback
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"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nK = 226 K\nWrite down the equation:\nK = °C + 273\nMake °C the subject:\n°C = K − 273\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\n°C = 226 − 273\n°C = −47 °C\nBecause 226 K is below 273 K, the answer lands below zero — a negative Celsius value is expected here, not an error."
}
GAS-003 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · authored (stage 2, motion-never-winds-down claim rebuttal per case_target rotation; fresh classroom-demonstration + machine-parts-analogy surface; 'Which correction is right?' = A2-derived stem idiom (>=2 spec stems: p1/p10/p26); classes: slow-loss-hidden (1st of 2 with E(a)) / walls-inelastic-split (1st of 2 with D(c); rule-5 correction in misconception) / energy-created (2nd of 2 with A(b); misconception = fluency-1(c) VERBATIM, whitelist source)) · mcq4
A student watching a classroom demonstration on gases says: 'All those crashes must be wearing the particles' motion away bit by bit, the way moving machine parts wear each other down.' Which correction is right?
Nothing is being worn away — every collision is elastic, and none of the energy of motion is lost. KEY
The wearing is real, but far too slow to notice — a sealed gas takes centuries to run down.
Only collisions with the container walls wear motion away; collisions between particles do not.
The crashes actually add motion over time, because each impact creates a little extra energy of motion.
GAS-008 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (stage 2, shorter-arrows-mean-more-gas per case_target rotation; fresh 7/7 short-vs-long configuration; classes: arrow-length-as-amount (claim accepted) / conventions-swapped (longer-arrows-as-extra-particles) / dots-as-temperature (equal-dots-equal-temp, flu1 d2 class verbatim); taught wording licensed by rule 5 + flu1/flu2 non-stem fields) · mcq4
The figure shows particle diagrams of two gas samples in same-size boxes. Looking only at the arrows, a student claims box F holds the larger amount of gas, because box F's particles are drawn with shorter arrows. What do the two diagrams really show?
FIGURE (gas-particle-box · stimulus) — boxes: [{"label": "F", "count": 7, "arrowLength": "short", "spacing": "far apart", "fill": "whole box"}, {"label": "G", "count": 7, "arrowLength": "long", "spacing"… · style: "two same-size boxes side by side; identical dot counts (7 and 7); G's arrows clearly longer than F's; one particle kind"raw spec
The two boxes hold the same amount of gas, and box G's gas is at the higher temperature. KEY
Box F holds the larger amount of gas, just as the student claims.
Box G holds the larger amount of gas, because its arrows are drawn longer.
The two samples are at the same temperature, since the two boxes hold equal dot counts.
GAS-015 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (stage 2, fresh KE-ratio read per case_target: INVERSE doubling — final kelvin value given, starting temperature asked; values 440/220/880/167 fresh; explanation re-cut onto the whitelisted fluency-2 scaffold run 'the kelvin temperature doubled' after an adjacent-row20 junction collision) · mcq4
While a sealed gas sample was heated, the particles' average kinetic energy doubled. The sample's final temperature is 440 K. What was its starting temperature?
220 K KEY
880 K
167 K
273 K
GAS-015 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (stage 2, double-the-KE two-container claim per case_rotation; fresh sealed test-chamber surface, generic unnamed gas — no helium (p44 barred, home seq 7), no nitrogen (home seq 15); values 17/34 degC = 290/307 K verified disjoint; opens 'Two identical sealed chambers' — 3-gram cap vs p44's 'Two identical sealed flasks'; claim says 'carry double the average kinetic energy', avoiding p43/p44's corpus run 'twice the average kinetic energy'; classes: +273-shift-preserves-ratio (fresh class — the conversion constant misread as ratio-preserving; 273 = taught constant, pre-flagged adjudication class) / cut-temperature-motion-link (fluency-3(c) family + rule line 4, whitelist sources) / absolute-zero-at-0degC (fluency-1(c) misconception verbatim, whitelist source)) · mcq4
Two identical sealed chambers hold samples of the same gas. Chamber 1 sits at 17 °C and chamber 2 at 34 °C. A technician claims the particles in chamber 2 carry double the average kinetic energy of the particles in chamber 1. What does converting both readings to kelvin show?
17 °C is 290 K and 34 °C is 307 K — the kelvin temperature has not doubled, so the average kinetic energy has not doubled. KEY
It shows the claim is right — both readings gain the same 273 when converted, so the doubling carries over.
It shows nothing useful — no temperature reading on any scale tracks the particles' motion.
It shows the energy MORE than doubled, because particle motion stops at 0 °C and chamber 2 sits far above that.
GAS-006 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (stage 2, conceptual production FRQ per blueprint case_target; fresh sealed-space surface = garage, blueprint candidate; part (c) = liquid contrast, GAS-006 taught addendum / gateItems[2] content class) · frq
A tightly shut, sealed garage stands empty overnight. A gas cartridge left on a shelf cracks open and releases its gas near the garage door.
A tightly shut, sealed garage stands empty overnight. A gas cartridge left on a shelf cracks open and releases its gas near the garage door.
(a) State what the gas does over the time that follows, and describe where the gas ends up.
(b) Explain why this happens, using what the kinetic molecular theory says about how gas particles move and about the attractions between gas particles.
(c) A liquid spilled onto the floor of the same sealed garage would sit there as a puddle instead of filling it. Explain what is different about the particles of a liquid.
Write your answers in plain words; no symbols or special characters are needed.
Part a. State what the gas does over the time that follows, and describe where the gas ends up.
Model: The gas spreads out from the spot by the door where it was released. Given time, it reaches every part of the garage and ends up spread evenly throughout the whole space. A gas fills its whole container.
Part b. Explain why this happens, using what the kinetic molecular theory says about how gas particles move and about the attractions between gas particles.
Model: Gas particles move constantly and rapidly in straight lines, in random directions, so the particles released by the door scatter — each travels its own straight lines, in its own random directions. And the kinetic molecular theory treats gas particles as having no attractions, so nothing pulls them back together once they have scattered. The particles keep spreading until they reach the garage's walls, which bounce them straight back inside. That is why the gas ends up spread through the whole garage.
Part c. A liquid spilled onto the floor of the same sealed garage would sit there as a puddle instead of filling it. Explain what is different about the particles of a liquid.
Write your answers in plain words; no symbols or special characters are needed.
Model: A liquid's particles stay touching one another, so a liquid keeps its own volume and sits where it is spilled. Gas particles move independently, with no attractions holding them together, so they scatter and fill the space; a liquid's particles never scatter apart, so the puddle stays a puddle.
Full model answer. (a) The gas spreads out from the spot by the door where it was released. Given time, it reaches every part of the garage and ends up spread evenly throughout the whole space. A gas fills its whole container.
(b) Gas particles move constantly and rapidly in straight lines, in random directions, so the particles released by the door scatter — each travels its own straight lines, in its own random directions. And the kinetic molecular theory treats gas particles as having no attractions, so nothing pulls them back together once they have scattered. The particles keep spreading until they reach the garage's walls, which bounce them straight back inside. That is why the gas ends up spread through the whole garage.
(c) A liquid's particles stay touching one another, so a liquid keeps its own volume and sits where it is spilled. Gas particles move independently, with no attractions holding them together, so they scatter and fill the space; a liquid's particles never scatter apart, so the puddle stays a puddle.
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 22 · authored (UNSEEDED — fresh real named temperatures: Death Valley record 57 °C -> 330 K (1913 record, whole-number convention; 'Furnace Creek' phrasing deliberately avoided — furnace = heat-appliance family) and lunar-noon sunlit surface 396 K -> 123 °C ('probe' word avoided, claimed by row 16); values 57/330/−216 + 396/123 swept clean) · frq
A geography article pairs two sunbaked extremes: Death Valley, California, once reached 57 °C, the hottest weather-station temperature ever recorded on Earth, and the Moon's sunlit surface climbs to 396 K at lunar noon.
A geography article pairs two sunbaked extremes: Death Valley, California, once reached 57 °C, the hottest weather-station temperature ever recorded on Earth, and the Moon's sunlit surface climbs to 396 K at lunar noon.
(a) Convert 57 °C to kelvins. Show every step of your working.
(b) Convert 396 K to degrees Celsius. Show every step of your working.
(c) A classmate converting the 57 °C reading got −216 K. State the arithmetic mistake that produces this answer, and explain how you can tell it must be wrong without redoing the calculation.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. Convert 57 °C to kelvins. Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: °C = 57 °C
Equation: K = °C + 273
Working: K = 57 + 273
K = 330 K
57 °C is above 0 °C, so the kelvin value must land above 273 K — 330 K passes that check.
Part b. Convert 396 K to degrees Celsius. Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: K = 396 K
Equation: K = °C + 273
Rearranged: °C = K − 273
Working: °C = 396 − 273
°C = 123 °C
396 K sits above 273 K (0 °C), so the Celsius answer must come out positive.
Part c. A classmate converting the 57 °C reading got −216 K. State the arithmetic mistake that produces this answer, and explain how you can tell it must be wrong without redoing the calculation.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: Subtracting 273 instead of adding it gives 57 − 273 = −216 K. Without redoing anything, the answer gives itself away: a kelvin temperature is never negative, so if a kelvin answer comes out below zero, the 273 was subtracted when it should have been added. The correct conversion adds: K = 57 + 273 = 330 K.
Full model answer. (a) Values: °C = 57 °C
Equation: K = °C + 273
Working: K = 57 + 273
K = 330 K
57 °C is above 0 °C, so the kelvin value must land above 273 K — 330 K passes that check.
(b) Values: K = 396 K
Equation: K = °C + 273
Rearranged: °C = K − 273
Working: °C = 396 − 273
°C = 123 °C
396 K sits above 273 K (0 °C), so the Celsius answer must come out positive.
(c) Subtracting 273 instead of adding it gives 57 − 273 = −216 K. Without redoing anything, the answer gives itself away: a kelvin temperature is never negative, so if a kelvin answer comes out below zero, the 273 was subtracted when it should have been added. The correct conversion adds: K = 57 + 273 = 330 K.
Form D
GAS-001 · easy · recall · seq 1 · authored (stage 2, mass-holds read per case_target rotation — the p1 gate facet recast as an easy recall read while p1 stays a parity-barred spare; every field re-worded off p1's text (key, stem run 'has no mass, because...', 'you weighed the space instead of...', 'squeezed until its particles touch', 'you made mass depend on spacing', 'are matter, and matter has mass'); classes: massless-empty-space / mass-only-if-compressed / only-condensed-states-have-mass (fresh)) · mcq4
A sealed plastic box holds only a gas, which the kinetic molecular theory describes as mostly empty space. What is true of the gas's mass?
The gas has mass — each particle is matter, whatever the spacing between the particles. KEY
The gas is massless — the box is mostly empty space.
The gas gains mass only when it is compressed until the particles come into contact.
Only solids and liquids have mass; a gas does not.
GAS-002 · easy · recall · seq 2 · authored (stage 2, random-directions probe per case_rotation; element-free fresh surface; classes: single-stream (2nd of 2) / settle-downward (2nd of 2, re-worded off seed-d3's 'collecting near the floor' run) / vibrate-in-place (2nd of 2, misconception grams licensed via fluency-1b); rule-5 wording licensed) · mcq4
Behind a closed cupboard door, the gas inside has sat undisturbed all day. At any one moment, in which directions are the cupboard's gas particles moving?
In every direction at once — collisions keep sending the particles every which way. KEY
All in one direction, flowing across the cupboard like a slow draft.
Mostly downward, so that the particles gather near the cupboard floor.
Each particle rocks back and forth around its own fixed spot.
GAS-009 · easy · recall · seq 3 · authored (stage 2, wall-coverage read per case_target rotation; fresh sealed foil snack bag = the blueprint's 'sealed chip bag' candidate renamed off WE-1's 'sealed bag' grams; fluency-2's facet with a MIXED distractor set: wide-faces-only / upward-top-only (2nd of 2 with B) / seams-only (localized-patch, 2nd of 2 with A); rule-2 wording licensed) · mcq4
A foil snack bag is sealed at the factory with a little gas trapped inside, and the bag sits puffed up like a firm cushion. Where on the inside of the bag does the trapped gas push?
Every part of every wall — top, bottom, and sides. KEY
Only the two wide faces of the bag that puff out the most.
Only the top face of the bag, since the trapped gas pushes upward.
Only the seams, where the bag is glued shut.
GAS-013 · easy · recall · seq 4 · authored (stage 2, no-negative-kelvin fact read per case_target rotation; fresh MATERIAL-FREE classmate-claim surface; classes: below-floor-temperatures-exist (fresh) / celsius-zero-carryover (2nd of 2) / exists-but-unmeasurable (2nd of 2, re-worded off the B-seed wording); seq-22(c) adjacency recorded in authoring_notes) · mcq4
A classmate says: 'Celsius readings can drop below zero, so kelvin readings must be able to drop below zero too.' Which reply is right?
Kelvin readings cannot go below zero — the kelvin scale starts at absolute zero. KEY
Kelvin readings drop below zero for anything that gets colder than absolute zero.
Kelvin readings drop below zero whenever the matching Celsius reading is negative.
Kelvin readings below zero exist, but no thermometer is built to show them.
GAS-004 · medium · application · seq 5 · authored (stage 2, sticky-particles-would-clump prediction verdict per case_target; fresh element-free surface — metal storage drum, air-free by design; classes: attractions-win-clumps (F1(b) class, misconception verbatim from the fluency non-stem whitelist) / captured-slow-particles (the p10(b) held-free split class, 2nd of 2, every field re-cut off p10's text) / repulsion-swap (2nd of 2 with C(b), right-conclusion-wrong-reason, re-cut off p11(b)); key = rule-3 verbatim run, licensed) · mcq4
A metal storage drum is filled with gas and sealed. A student predicts that, as the drum sits over the coming days, attractions will slowly gather the particles into small clumps. What does the kinetic molecular theory say about this prediction?
The clumps never form — gas particles are so far apart that the weak attractions between them barely act. KEY
The prediction is right — given enough time, the weak attractions gradually pull the particles into small clumps.
The prediction is right for the slowest particles — attractions gather those into clumps while the fast ones stay free.
The clumps never form, because gas particles push away from one another rather than attracting.
GAS-005 · medium · application · seq 6 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target: cooling-direction read with the on-average nuance) · mcq4
A rigid, sealed glass bulb of gas cools from 44 °C to 24 °C during the evening. Which statement about the gas particles in the bulb is correct?
They now move slower on average — but every particle keeps moving. KEY
They have stopped moving and will stay still until the bulb warms again.
They all now travel at one identical, lower speed.
Their motion is unchanged, because cooling lowers the gas's kinetic energy without changing any particle's speed.
GAS-006 · medium · application · seq 7 · authored (stage 2, whole-volume occupancy read per case_target rotation; element-free fresh sealed-drum surface; classes = fluency-2's taught trio on a fresh surface: settles-like-liquid / stays-near-entry / fixed-own-volume, misconception tails rotated to the drum instance; 'a small puff of' run = fluency-2(c) licensed wording) · mcq4
A small puff of gas is injected into a big, empty, rigid, sealed drum and left alone for an hour. Where is the gas at the end of the hour?
Spread through the whole drum — each particle travels its own straight lines until the walls turn it back. KEY
Lying settled in a thin layer across the drum's floor, the way a poured liquid would sit and stay.
Still bunched tightly near the spot where the puff first went in.
Drifting around inside the drum as a puff-sized cloud that keeps its own small volume.
GAS-007 · medium · application · seq 8 · authored (stage 2, gas-vs-liquid contrast per case_target rotation — the taught addendum line, rule 6; fresh demonstration piston-cylinder + cooking-oil surface, piston family sanctioned by the case_target; classes: hardness-difference (fluency-3a class, re-instanced with a rebuilt reason-tail) / unfilled-region-confusion (fresh class, GAS-006-retrieval feedback) / special-particle-kind (fluency-3c class, re-instanced); taught wording licensed by rule lines 1/2/3/6 + fluency-3 non-stem fields) · mcq4
A science-class demonstration uses a sealed cylinder fitted with a movable piston. Filled with a gas, the piston can be pushed a long way in, leaving that gas in far less space. Filled with cooking oil, the piston will hardly move. Why the difference?
The gas sample is mostly empty space; the oil's particles are already touching, so the oil has almost no empty space to give up. KEY
Oil particles are far harder than gas particles, so the piston cannot press them any closer together.
The gas fills only part of the cylinder while the oil fills all of it, so only the gas has spare room to shrink into.
Liquids are built from a special rigid kind of particle that can never be pushed closer together.
GAS-008 · medium · application · seq 9 · authored (stage 2, highest-temperature ranking per case_target rotation — seed's ask on a fresh config with the correlation flipped: hottest box holds neither the most dots nor the middle count; stem reworded so no same-seq stem is identical to the seed's; classes: dot-count-as-temperature / inverted-arrow-convention / same-size-boxes-same-temperature claim; taught wording licensed by rule lines 2-6) · mcq4
In the figure, particle diagrams show three gas samples in same-size boxes, A, B, and C. Which box shows the gas with the highest temperature?
FIGURE (gas-particle-box · stimulus) — boxes: [{"label": "A", "count": 9, "arrowLength": "long", "spacing": "far apart", "fill": "whole box"}, {"label": "B", "count": 12, "arrowLength": "medium", "spacin… · style: "three same-size boxes side by side; arrow lengths clearly ranked long (A), medium (B), short (C); B visibly the most crowded box; one particle kind"raw spec
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Box A KEY
Box B
Box C
All three boxes show gases at the same temperature.
GAS-008 · medium · application · seq 10 · authored (stage 2, same-gas-hotter mirrored (D hotter) per case_target rotation; fresh 11/11 long-vs-short configuration; classes: reversed-arrow-convention (2nd of 2 with C) / conventions-swapped (2nd of 2 with C) / overlooked-both-conventions not-enough-information (flu1/flu2 d3 class); taught wording licensed by rules 3+5 + flu1/flu2 non-stem fields) · mcq4
The figure shows particle diagrams of two gas samples in same-size boxes. Which comparison of the two samples is correct?
FIGURE (gas-particle-box · stimulus) — boxes: [{"label": "D", "count": 11, "arrowLength": "long", "spacing": "far apart", "fill": "whole box"}, {"label": "E", "count": 11, "arrowLength": "short", "spacin… · style: "two same-size boxes side by side; identical dot counts (11 and 11); D's arrows clearly longer than E's; one particle kind"raw spec
The two boxes hold the same amount of gas, and box D's gas is at the higher temperature. KEY
The two boxes hold the same amount of gas, and box E's gas is at the higher temperature.
Box D holds the larger amount of gas, and the two samples are at the same temperature.
The diagrams do not give enough information to compare either the amounts or the temperatures.
GAS-010 · medium · application · seq 11 · authored (stage 2, sensor/wall source read per case_target rotation; fresh flat-sensor + rigid sealed storage-vessel surface — deliberately 'sensor' not 'gauge', the seq-12B seed owns the two-gauges surface; classes: weight-of-gas (2nd of 2 with B(b), fluency-1(a) licensed opener + rebuilt tail) / attractions-pull (fluency-1(c) misconception licensed verbatim) / cause-moved-to-container (fluency-3(b) class, 'drum'->'vessel' rotation)) · mcq4
A flat pressure sensor is fastened against the inside wall of a rigid, sealed storage vessel of gas, and it shows a steady reading. What delivers the push that the sensor is reading?
Gas particles striking the sensor without pause — countless tiny pushes that blend into one steady outward push. KEY
The weight of the gas resting on top of the sensor.
A steady pull between the gas particles and the metal face of the sensor.
The vessel's own walls squeezing inward on the gas and passing that squeeze along to the sensor.
GAS-011 · medium · application · seq 12 · authored (stage 2, three-records-agree claim evaluation per case_target rotation; fresh safety-check-log surface, element-free and air-free; classes: one-pressure-one-number (fresh) / bigger-number-means-bigger-pressure (2nd of 2 with A(a), reworded off the seed's misconception text — same-seq A5 lane recorded) / sea-level-condition (fresh — misreads GAS-011's own rule-line-1 anchor as a validity condition); D(a) reuses the gate_config-whitelisted idiom 'The student is right' (row-05 adjudication, licensed); key is a substantive equality claim, V-T5 regex-clean per the stage-1 'All three …' precedent) · mcq4
During a safety check, three technicians each log the pressure of the same sealed gas supply. The first writes down 1 atm, the second 101.3 kPa, and the third 760 mmHg. A student reading the log decides that at least two of the three entries must be mistakes, since the numbers all differ. What is the right way to read the log?
All three entries are correct — they state one pressure in three units. KEY
The student is right — one pressure can only have one correct number.
The entry reading 760 mmHg records the highest pressure of the three.
The entries agree only if the gas supply sits exactly at sea level.
GAS-012 · medium · application · seq 13 · authored (stage 2, fresh kPa -> atm divide direction per case_rotation; exact 607.8 ÷ 101.3 = 6.00; Make-P-the-subject scaffold line per the WE2/fluency-2 divide pattern; misconception wording = fluency-2 whitelist texts) · numeric
The gauge on a workshop compressor's storage receiver reads 607.8 kPa. What is the pressure in atmospheres? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 6.0 atm KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by 101.3 instead of dividing — going TO atmospheres, divide."
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{
"value": 0.8,
"misconception": "you divided by 760 — a kPa value converts to atm through the 101.3 link of the chain",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by 760 — a kPa value converts to atm through the 101.3 link of the chain."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP = 607.8 kPa\nWrite down the equation:\n1 atm = 101.3 kPa\nMake P in atm the subject:\nP in atm = P in kPa ÷ 101.3\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP = 607.8 ÷ 101.3\nP = 6.00 atm\nThe sanity check agrees: 6.00 is the smallest of the numbers — the atm number is always the smallest."
}
GAS-012 · medium · application · seq 14 · authored (stage 2, fresh three-container mixed-unit set per case_target; highest-ask, only-one-above-1-atm design, kPa gauge keys; fresh bottling-plant/storage-vessel surface, no substance named; classes: raw-gauge-number (central family, 3rd of 3 — recorded honestly in the distractor ledger, distinct wording) / atm-assumed-largest (2nd of 2 with the A seed, reworded off the seed's 'automatically the largest ... convert first') / cannot-rank-across-units (fresh claim class; rule line 1's equivalences quoted under the taught-wording license — the spec's own recurring 'cannot be compared' option idiom deliberately avoided)) · mcq4
A bottling plant keeps its gas in three storage vessels. The gauge readings are 720 mmHg on vessel 1, 110 kPa on vessel 2, and 0.980 atm on vessel 3. Which vessel is at the highest pressure?
Vessel 2 KEY
Vessel 1
Vessel 3
The three gauge readings cannot be ranked against one another, because each gauge shows a different unit.
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 15 · authored (stage 2, fresh real equipment setting per case_target — standard restaurant deep-fryer temperature; positive operand with the full 3-diagnostic set incl. the never-negative check; value grid 190/463/83/290 swept clean vs all scope-spec tokens + ledger, disjoint from row-22 candidate 180/453; element-free and air-free surface) · numeric
A restaurant's deep fryer holds its cooking temperature at 190 °C. What is this temperature in kelvins? Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.
Answer: 463 K KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"value": -83,
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you subtracted 273 instead of adding it — and a kelvin temperature can never be negative."
},
{
"value": 190,
"misconception": "you copied the Celsius value without converting — the two scales differ by 273",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you copied the Celsius value without converting — the two scales differ by 273."
},
{
"value": 290,
"misconception": "you added 100 instead of 273",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you added 100 instead of 273."
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feedback
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"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\n°C = 190 °C\nWrite down the equation:\nK = °C + 273\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nK = 190 + 273\nK = 463 K\nA reading hotter than 0 °C must land above 273 K — 463 K passes that check."
}
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target: fresh real K-labeled reading, K -> degC; sanitizing rinse ≈ 65 °C) · numeric
A dishwasher's sanitizing rinse runs at 338 K. What is this temperature in degrees Celsius? Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.
Answer: 65 °C KEY
also accepted: +65
wrongValueDiagnostics
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feedback
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}
GAS-003 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · authored (stage 2, trade-but-conserve total-vs-individual read per case_target rotation + rule line 4; fresh generic sealed-container surface; D(a) reuses the gate_config-whitelisted idiom 'The student is right' (row-05 adjudication, licensed); keyExplanation quotes rule 4 verbatim (licensed); classes: individual-share-frozen (fresh) / heat-conversion (p8(b)'s class, reworded 4-gram-clean) / walls-inelastic-split (2nd of 2 with C(b); rule-5 wording licensed)) · mcq4
Inside a sealed container of gas, one particle leaves a collision with another gas particle moving more slowly than it went in. A student decides the collision could not have been elastic, since the particle clearly lost energy of motion. What is wrong with the student's reasoning?
The slower particle passed energy of motion to its partner — the pair's total is unchanged, so the collision was elastic. KEY
The student is right — an elastic collision leaves both particles moving exactly as fast as they arrived.
The particle's missing energy of motion was turned into heat by the impact, as happens in every gas collision.
The particle must have hit the container wall, and wall collisions always slow a particle down.
GAS-008 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (stage 2, same-boxes-mean-same-temperature per case_target rotation; fresh 6/10 long-vs-short configuration decoupling the reads (hotter box is the sparser box); classes: box-size-as-temperature (claim accepted) / dots-as-temperature (crowding-as-heat) / conventions-swapped both-legs-false; taught wording licensed by rules 3+5 + flu non-stem fields) · mcq4
The figure shows particle diagrams of two gas samples in same-size boxes. A student claims that the two gases must be at the same temperature, because the two boxes match in size. Which reading of the diagrams is correct?
FIGURE (gas-particle-box · stimulus) — boxes: [{"label": "F", "count": 6, "arrowLength": "long", "spacing": "far apart", "fill": "whole box"}, {"label": "G", "count": 10, "arrowLength": "short", "spacing… · style: "two same-size boxes side by side; F sparse (6 dots), G crowded (10 dots); F's arrows clearly longer than G's; one particle kind"raw spec
Box F's gas is at the higher temperature, and box G holds the larger amount of gas. KEY
The two gases are at the same temperature, just as the student claims.
Box G's gas is at the higher temperature, because box G is the more crowded box.
Box F holds the larger amount of gas, and box G's gas is at the higher temperature.
GAS-015 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (stage 2, fresh KE-ratio read per case_target: forward doubling with the lesson's CENTRAL misconception (rule 2, Celsius-ratio thinking) as a computed distractor — 467 K = double-the-Celsius error (97 °C x2 = 194 °C -> 467 K); values 370/740/185/1480/467 fresh; explanation's second sentence = rule 2 VERBATIM (whitelisted run) after an adjacent-row20 junction collision; Celsius arithmetic used as retrieval only, per the lesson's extraNotes license) · mcq4
A gas sample is at 370 K. What temperature must it reach to double the particles' average kinetic energy?
740 K KEY
185 K
1480 K
467 K
GAS-015 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (stage 2, twice-as-hot ratio claim between places per case_rotation; fresh two-cities travel-blogger surface — deliberately NOT a weather report (seq-12/13 'weather' watch-token) and NOT the hook's morning-to-afternoon framing (values AND surface disjoint from the hook); values 23/46 degC = 296/319 K verified disjoint; 'nowhere near twice as hot' = rule line 6, whitelist; classes: overshoot-hunch (2nd of 2 with A(b), reworded off the seed's misconception text — same-seq A5 lane recorded) / wording-slip (2nd of 2 with B(c), fluency-3(b) family) / cut-temperature-motion-link (2nd of 2 with C(b)); key is a substantive verdict, V-T5 clean) · mcq4
Two cities report afternoon temperatures of 23 °C and 46 °C. A travel blogger writes that the second city is 'twice as hot' as the first. Which response to the blogger's claim is correct?
In kelvin the readings are 296 K and 319 K — far from doubled, so the second city is nowhere near twice as hot. KEY
The second city is actually MORE than twice as hot, because heat builds faster in a space that is already warm.
The blogger only needs to swap 'twice as hot' for 'twice as warm' to be accurate.
No response is possible — how hot a place feels has nothing to do with what its particles are doing.
GAS-006 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (stage 2, conceptual production FRQ per blueprint case_target; fresh sealed-space surface = walk-in cold room (switched OFF — no temperature reading in play), blueprint candidate; part (c) = strong-attraction counterfactual, GAS-006 rule-2 / GAS-004-retrieval content class, V-T11-safe per blueprint) · frq
A florist's walk-in cold room is switched off, emptied, and sealed for the night. A little gas escapes from a spray can left behind on its floor.
A florist's walk-in cold room is switched off, emptied, and sealed for the night. A little gas escapes from a spray can left behind on its floor.
(a) State what the gas does over the time that follows, and describe where the gas ends up.
(b) Explain why this happens, using what the kinetic molecular theory says about how gas particles move and about the attractions between gas particles.
(c) Now suppose the particles of this gas strongly attracted one another. Explain how the outcome would change, and why.
Write your answers in plain words; no symbols or special characters are needed.
Part a. State what the gas does over the time that follows, and describe where the gas ends up.
Model: The gas spreads out from the spray can on the floor. Given time, it reaches every part of the cold room — floor to ceiling — and ends up spread evenly throughout the whole space. A gas fills its whole container.
Part b. Explain why this happens, using what the kinetic molecular theory says about how gas particles move and about the attractions between gas particles.
Model: Gas particles move constantly and rapidly in straight lines, in random directions, so the particles released at the floor scatter — each travels its own straight lines, in its own random directions. And the kinetic molecular theory treats gas particles as having no attractions, so nothing pulls them back together once they have scattered. The particles keep spreading until they reach the room's walls, which bounce them straight back inside. That is why the gas ends up spread through the whole cold room.
Part c. Now suppose the particles of this gas strongly attracted one another. Explain how the outcome would change, and why.
Write your answers in plain words; no symbols or special characters are needed.
Model: If the particles strongly attracted one another, they would be pulled back toward one another instead of scattering — they would cling together in clumps, behaving more like a liquid. The gas fills the cold room only because nothing pulls its particles back together; with strong attractions it would no longer spread through the whole room.
Full model answer. (a) The gas spreads out from the spray can on the floor. Given time, it reaches every part of the cold room — floor to ceiling — and ends up spread evenly throughout the whole space. A gas fills its whole container.
(b) Gas particles move constantly and rapidly in straight lines, in random directions, so the particles released at the floor scatter — each travels its own straight lines, in its own random directions. And the kinetic molecular theory treats gas particles as having no attractions, so nothing pulls them back together once they have scattered. The particles keep spreading until they reach the room's walls, which bounce them straight back inside. That is why the gas ends up spread through the whole cold room.
(c) If the particles strongly attracted one another, they would be pulled back toward one another instead of scattering — they would cling together in clumps, behaving more like a liquid. The gas fills the cold room only because nothing pulls its particles back together; with strong attractions it would no longer spread through the whole room.
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 22 · authored (UNSEEDED — fresh real named temperatures: ski-patrol summit −21 °C -> 252 K (negative operand; 'at dawn' phrasing avoids row 15 B's 'on a January morning' gram) and orbiting satellite's shaded side 160 K -> −113 °C ('satellite' swept clean; 'test chamber'/'sensor'/'gauge' surfaces avoided — rows 07/20 and seqs 11/12); values −21/252/−294 + 160/−113 swept clean; 294 vs fluency 293 recorded as adjacent-but-distinct) · frq
A ski patrol reports −21 °C at a mountain summit at dawn; the same physics worksheet lists a reading of 160 K from the shaded side of an orbiting satellite.
A ski patrol reports −21 °C at a mountain summit at dawn; the same physics worksheet lists a reading of 160 K from the shaded side of an orbiting satellite.
(a) Convert −21 °C to kelvins. Show every step of your working.
(b) Convert 160 K to degrees Celsius. Show every step of your working.
(c) A classmate converting the −21 °C reading got −294 K. State the arithmetic mistake that produces this answer, and explain how you can tell it must be wrong without redoing the calculation.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. Convert −21 °C to kelvins. Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: °C = −21 °C
Equation: K = °C + 273
Working: K = −21 + 273
K = 252 K
−21 °C sits below 0 °C, so the kelvin answer must land below 273 K — 252 K passes that check, and it stays positive: a kelvin temperature is never negative.
Part b. Convert 160 K to degrees Celsius. Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: K = 160 K
Equation: K = °C + 273
Rearranged: °C = K − 273
Working: °C = 160 − 273
°C = −113 °C
160 K sits below 273 K (0 °C), so the Celsius answer must come out negative.
Part c. A classmate converting the −21 °C reading got −294 K. State the arithmetic mistake that produces this answer, and explain how you can tell it must be wrong without redoing the calculation.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: Subtracting 273 instead of adding it gives −21 − 273 = −294 K. Without redoing anything, the answer gives itself away: a kelvin temperature is never negative, so if a kelvin answer comes out below zero, the 273 was subtracted when it should have been added. The correct conversion adds and keeps the minus sign on the −21: K = −21 + 273 = 252 K.
Full model answer. (a) Values: °C = −21 °C
Equation: K = °C + 273
Working: K = −21 + 273
K = 252 K
−21 °C sits below 0 °C, so the kelvin answer must land below 273 K — 252 K passes that check, and it stays positive: a kelvin temperature is never negative.
(b) Values: K = 160 K
Equation: K = °C + 273
Rearranged: °C = K − 273
Working: °C = 160 − 273
°C = −113 °C
160 K sits below 273 K (0 °C), so the Celsius answer must come out negative.
(c) Subtracting 273 instead of adding it gives −21 − 273 = −294 K. Without redoing anything, the answer gives itself away: a kelvin temperature is never negative, so if a kelvin answer comes out below zero, the 273 was subtracted when it should have been added. The correct conversion adds and keeps the minus sign on the −21: K = −21 + 273 = 252 K.
Form E
GAS-001 · easy · recall · seq 1 · authored (stage 2, description pick rotated to a generic gas per case_target; option classes rotated off A's seed set: regular-pattern-solid (fluency-3 class, fresh here) / continuous-fluid (2nd of 2, re-worded off p0(d)) / touching-like-liquid (2nd of 2); key wording 'empty space between them' = fluency non-stem whitelist) · mcq4
A stoppered glass jar holds a single gas and nothing else. Close up, which picture of the jar's contents matches the kinetic molecular theory?
Widely separated tiny particles, with nothing but empty space between them. KEY
Particles locked into a neat repeating pattern that fills the jar.
One unbroken stretch of gas — no separate particles, no gaps anywhere.
Particles staying in contact and sliding around one another, liquid-style.
GAS-002 · easy · recall · seq 2 · authored (stage 2, what-redirects probe per case_rotation — same taught facet as student-seen WE-2/fluency-2 by design (recall row), all wording re-cut and recorded as a memory-answerability watch for blind; classes: removed-collisions / curved-path / stops-to-turn (all fresh); misconceptions licensed verbatim from fluency-2 non-stem fields) · mcq4
A closed school locker has sat untouched all weekend. What can change the direction of one of the moving gas particles inside it?
A collision — with another gas particle or with a wall of the locker. KEY
Nothing — once a particle is moving, it keeps that direction for good.
Its own steering — the particle bends smoothly from side to side as it travels.
A brief stop — the particle turns to a new direction only at moments when it pauses.
GAS-009 · easy · recall · seq 3 · authored (stage 2, steady-push read per case_target rotation; fresh plastic air pillow in a shipping box — fourth fresh surface beyond the blueprint's three named candidates; the p26 gate facet recast as an easy recall read while p26 stays a parity-barred spare, every field re-cut off p26's text; classes: flipped-inward-pull (2nd of 2 with A) / handling-only-sometimes / push-faded-after-sealing) · mcq4
A plastic packing pillow, inflated as padding, has sat unopened in a shipping box for weeks, still plump. What has the gas sealed inside been doing all that time?
Pushing outward on every part of the pillow's inner surface, without a pause. KEY
Pulling the pillow's walls inward to keep them stretched taut.
Pushing on the walls only during moments when the box is carried or shaken.
Nothing — its push faded away once the pillow was sealed and the gas settled.
GAS-013 · easy · recall · seq 4 · authored (stage 2, offset-vs-step-size distinction per case_target rotation; fresh equation-read surface; classes: offset-as-step-size (2nd of 2, re-worded off p37) / flipped-offset (barred p38's class authored fresh) / step-size-varies (2nd of 2, re-worded off p37); 273 = taught constant, pre-flagged adjudication class) · mcq4
The rule K = °C + 273 connects the Celsius and kelvin temperature scales. What does the number 273 describe?
The distance between the two zeros — the kelvin zero lies 273 steps below the Celsius zero. KEY
The size of a single kelvin step — each step spans 273 Celsius degrees.
A downward shift — kelvin readings sit 273 below their matching Celsius readings.
A correction for kelvin steps slowly changing size near the bottom of the scale.
GAS-004 · medium · application · seq 5 · authored (stage 2, why-far-apart-makes-attractions-negligible read per case_target — fluency-2's facet re-surfaced with a fully re-cut stem and surface-free framing, recorded as a memory-answerability watch for blind; classes: cancel-out (F2(c) re-worded) / condensed-states-only (F2(a) re-cut) / speed-beats-attraction (fresh wrong-reason class); key + scaffold wording licensed by rule lines 2/3 + the F2 feedbackScaffold) · mcq4
Weak attractions do exist between the particles of a gas, yet the kinetic molecular theory treats gas particles as having no attractions. Why is that treatment reasonable?
Gas particles sit so far apart that the weak attractions between them barely act. KEY
They pull in every direction at once and cancel one another out.
They act only between the particles of solids and liquids, never in a gas.
The particles move too fast for the weak attractions to take hold.
GAS-005 · medium · application · seq 6 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target: warmer-means-faster-ON-AVERAGE overlap read) · mcq4
Two identical sealed tanks hold the same amount of the same gas. Tank 1 sits at 33 °C; tank 2 sits at 43 °C. A student claims that no particle in tank 1 can be moving as fast as any particle in tank 2. Which statement is correct?
Only the average is higher in tank 2 — speeds in each tank vary, so a fast particle in tank 1 can outpace a slow particle in tank 2. KEY
The student is right — every particle in the hotter tank moves faster than every particle in the cooler tank.
The two tanks' particles move at matching speeds, because both tanks hold the same amount of gas.
Tank 2's particles carry more kinetic energy but move no faster than tank 1's.
GAS-006 · medium · application · seq 7 · authored (stage 2, shape-taking read per case_target rotation; element-free fresh L-shaped-duct surface; classes: spacing-claim (2nd of 2, re-worded off the A-seed + GAS-001 WE-1 result) / elasticity-claim (2nd of 2, re-worded off the A-seed) / solid-pattern-arrangement (fluency-3(c) class, misconception licensed verbatim); key + explanation licensed by rule lines 1/3/5) · mcq4
A gas is piped into an empty, rigid, sealed duct shaped like a capital L. Soon the gas fills both legs of the duct — its entire shape. Which statement uses the kinetic molecular theory to say why?
The particles move constantly in straight lines in random directions, so their paths carry them into both legs. KEY
The gaps between gas particles are wide, and they give the gas room to slip around the duct's corner.
Collisions between the particles are elastic, so each bounce flings the gas farther along the duct.
The particles line themselves up in an L-shaped arrangement, copying the duct's shape.
GAS-007 · medium · application · seq 8 · authored (stage 2, what-changed-inside read per case_target rotation; fresh capped hand-pump/inflatable-raft surface, pump family sanctioned by the case_target; classes: particles-forced-out (removal family, 2nd of 2 with A(a), reworded off the A-seed and fluency-2b wording) / stopped-moving (fluency-1c class) / gas-to-solid touching-pattern (2nd of 2 with A(c), fluency-2c class); taught wording licensed by rule lines 3/4/5 + fluency-1/-2 non-stem fields) · mcq4
The outlet of a hand pump for an inflatable raft is capped shut. Pushing the handle squeezes the trapped gas into half the space it filled before. What has happened inside the pump?
The same particles now sit closer together — the empty space between them has shrunk. KEY
Some gas particles were forced out through the walls of the pump.
The particles have stopped moving so that they can fit into the smaller space.
The particles have locked together, touching in a fixed, regular pattern.
GAS-008 · medium · application · seq 9 · authored (stage 2, least-gas read per case_target rotation; fresh 3-box config, sparsest box carries the longest arrows to split the two conventions; classes: arrow-length-as-amount (short-arrows-as-least variant) / same-size-boxes-same-amount claim / rule-6 convention flip (dot count says nothing — true of temperature, false of amount); taught wording licensed by rule lines 4-6 + fluency non-stem fields) · mcq4
The figure shows particle diagrams of three gas samples in same-size boxes, A, B, and C. Which box holds the smallest amount of gas?
FIGURE (gas-particle-box · stimulus) — boxes: [{"label": "A", "count": 11, "arrowLength": "short", "spacing": "far apart", "fill": "whole box"}, {"label": "B", "count": 7, "arrowLength": "long", "spacing… · style: "three same-size boxes side by side; dot counts clearly differ, B the sparsest box; arrow lengths ranked short (A), long (B), medium (C); one particle kind"raw spec
The dot count says nothing about the amount of gas.
GAS-008 · medium · application · seq 10 · authored (stage 2, more-gas-same-temp mirrored (E more) per case_target rotation; fresh 4/8 identical-arrows configuration; classes: miscounted/reversed-count (seed A d1 class, 2nd of 2) / sparser-faster share-out (2nd of 2 with B) / evened-out-amounts (2nd of 2 with B); taught wording licensed by flu1/flu2 non-stem fields) · mcq4
The figure shows particle diagrams of two gas samples in same-size boxes. Taken together, what do the two diagrams show about the samples?
FIGURE (gas-particle-box · stimulus) — boxes: [{"label": "D", "count": 4, "arrowLength": "medium", "spacing": "far apart", "fill": "whole box"}, {"label": "E", "count": 8, "arrowLength": "medium", "spaci… · style: "two same-size boxes side by side; D sparse (4 dots), E crowded (8 dots); identical arrow lengths in the two boxes; one particle kind"raw spec
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Box E holds the larger amount of gas, and the two samples are at the same temperature. KEY
Box D holds the larger amount of gas, and the two samples are at the same temperature.
Box E holds the larger amount of gas, and box D's gas is at the higher temperature.
The two boxes hold the same amount of gas, and the two samples are at the same temperature.
GAS-010 · medium · application · seq 11 · authored (stage 2, frequency-decrease read per case_target rotation — the rate lever in the DOWN direction, change STATED as instrument observations, cause deliberately unstated (specNotes: rates are GIVEN in the stem, never derived from V/T/n); fresh monitored storage-container surface; classes: hardness-only partial mechanism (2nd of 2 with C(b) as the partial-mechanism family) / all-or-nothing-pressure (fresh) / parked-against-walls (2nd of 2 with B(c), fluency-3(a) misconception licensed + rotated tail)) · mcq4
Instruments track the gas held in a big storage container. Late in the afternoon they show the container's walls being struck less often than in the morning, while each strike lands just as hard as before. How does the afternoon pressure compare with the morning pressure?
The afternoon pressure is lower — equally hard strikes arriving less often add up to a weaker push on the walls. KEY
The two pressures are the same — pressure depends only on how hard each strike lands, and the strikes are as hard as ever.
The pressure has fallen all the way to zero — once the drumming on the walls slackens, the gas cannot hold any pressure at all.
The two pressures are the same — between strikes the particles rest against the walls and keep the push topped up.
GAS-011 · medium · application · seq 12 · authored (stage 2, chain-use statement pick per case_target rotation; fresh pocket-reference-card surface, element-free and air-free; stem quotes the chain = rule line 4 verbatim, licensed; key + keyExplanation restate rule line 5, licensed — memory-answerability watch recorded; classes: three-pressures-at-once (fresh) / sea-level-condition (2nd of 2 with D(c)) / small-unit-means-small-pressure (2nd of 2 with C(c))) · mcq4
A technician's pocket card carries a single line: 1 atm = 101.3 kPa = 760 mmHg. Which statement puts the card to correct use?
A gas at 1 atm is also at 760 mmHg — the card names one pressure in three units. KEY
A gas at 1 atm presses with three different strengths, one for each unit on the card.
The card works only for gases that are at sea level.
Readings in mmHg are weaker pressures than readings in atm, since a millimeter is a tiny unit.
GAS-012 · medium · application · seq 13 · authored (stage 2, fresh mmHg -> atm divide direction per case_rotation — the sanity-check-bearing routine double-sampled; exact 646 ÷ 760 = 0.850; Make-P-the-subject scaffold line per the fluency-3 divide pattern; misconception wording = fluency-3 whitelist texts incl. its sanity-check tail) · numeric
A food-packaging machine pumps its sealed chamber down to 646 mmHg. What is the pressure in atmospheres? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.85 atm KEY
also accepted: .850
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by 760 instead of dividing — going TO atmospheres, divide."
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"value": 6.38,
"misconception": "you divided by 101.3 — a mmHg value converts to atm through the 760 link of the chain; your answer also fails the sanity check, since the atm number must be the smallest",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by 101.3 — a mmHg value converts to atm through the 760 link of the chain; your answer also fails the sanity check, since the atm number must be the smallest."
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feedback
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"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP = 646 mmHg\nWrite down the equation:\n1 atm = 760 mmHg\nMake P in atm the subject:\nP in atm = P in mmHg ÷ 760\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP = 646 ÷ 760\nP = 0.850 atm\nThe sanity check agrees: 0.850 is smaller than 646 — the atm number is always the smallest."
}
GAS-012 · medium · application · seq 14 · authored (stage 2, fresh three-container mixed-unit set per case_target; lowest-ask, under-half-the-kPa-mark benchmark design mirroring the seed's half-mark route with the opposite verdict, kPa gauge keys; fresh engineering-lab/environmental-chamber surface — distinct compound from row07's 'test chamber', apparatus words non-instance per canon; classes: sanity-check-misapplied-as-ranking (2nd of 2 with C, distinctly worded) / mmHg-is-a-tiny-unit (fresh class) / cannot-compare-across-units (2nd of 2 with D, distinctly worded)) · mcq4
An engineering lab tests equipment in three sealed environmental chambers held at different pressures. The gauges read 1.30 atm in chamber 1, 45.0 kPa in chamber 2, and 770 mmHg in chamber 3. Which chamber is at the lowest pressure?
Chamber 2 KEY
Chamber 1
Chamber 3
It is impossible to tell which chamber has the lowest pressure without more information.
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 15 · authored (stage 2, fresh real equipment setting per case_target — commercial-dishwasher sanitizing-rinse standard; positive operand with the full 3-diagnostic set incl. the never-negative check; first candidate 35 °C incubator REJECTED in the numeric sweep — 35 °C is GAS-005's register instance; value grid 82/355/191/182 swept clean vs all scope-spec tokens + ledger; element-free and air-free surface) · numeric
The sanitizing rinse of a commercial dishwasher reaches 82 °C. What is this temperature in kelvins? Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.
Answer: 355 K KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"value": -191,
"misconception": "you subtracted 273 instead of adding it — and a kelvin temperature can never be negative",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you subtracted 273 instead of adding it — and a kelvin temperature can never be negative."
},
{
"value": 82,
"misconception": "you copied the Celsius value without converting — the two scales differ by 273",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you copied the Celsius value without converting — the two scales differ by 273."
},
{
"value": 182,
"misconception": "you added 100 instead of 273",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you added 100 instead of 273."
}
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feedback
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"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\n°C = 82 °C\nWrite down the equation:\nK = °C + 273\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nK = 82 + 273\nK = 355 K\n82 °C is warmer than 0 °C, so the kelvin answer must land above 273 K — 355 K passes that check."
}
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target: fresh real K-labeled reading, K -> degC; chocolate tempering ≈ 32 °C) · numeric
A chocolatier's tempering machine holds melted chocolate at 305 K. What is this temperature in degrees Celsius? Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.
Answer: 32 °C KEY
also accepted: +32
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"value": 578,
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you added 273 instead of subtracting — going from kelvin to Celsius runs the equation backward: °C = K − 273."
},
{
"value": 305,
"misconception": "you copied the kelvin value without converting — the two scales differ by 273",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you copied the kelvin value without converting — the two scales differ by 273."
}
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feedback
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"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nK = 305 K\nWrite down the equation:\nK = °C + 273\nMake °C the subject:\n°C = K − 273\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\n°C = 305 − 273\n°C = 32 °C\nBecause 305 K is above 273 K, the answer lands above zero — 32 °C passes that check."
}
GAS-003 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · authored (stage 2, impossible-observation record evaluation per case_target rotation; fresh drum + lab-notebook surface, 'over a century' word-only duration; E(c) = right-verdict-wrong-reason discriminator; classes: slow-loss-hidden (2nd of 2 with C(a)) / size-reason (p6(a)'s class, reworded 4-gram-clean) / walls-feed-energy (2nd of 2 with B(c))) · mcq4
An old lab notebook records this result: 'A drum of gas, sealed and unopened for over a century, was examined; its particles were found moving at a small fraction of their original speeds. The drum never leaked, and nothing else about it changed.' How does the kinetic molecular theory judge this record?
It cannot be right — every collision is elastic, so no energy of motion is ever lost and the motion never runs down. KEY
It could be right, since enough collisions will eventually slow any gas down.
It could be right, but only if the drum held a gas with unusually large, heavy particles.
It cannot be right, because the drum's walls would have kept pushing the particles back up to their full original speed.
GAS-008 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (stage 2, longer-arrows-mean-more-gas per case_target rotation — the arrow-as-amount class mirrored from C; fresh 12/7 short-vs-long configuration splitting the two conventions (crowded box has the shorter arrows); classes: arrow-length-as-amount (claim accepted, 2nd of 2 with C) / evened-out-amounts (flu2 d2 class, 2nd of 2 with B) / reversed-arrow-convention (flu1 d1 class); taught wording licensed by rule 5 + flu1/flu2 non-stem fields) · mcq4
The figure shows particle diagrams of two gas samples in same-size boxes. Comparing the two, a student claims box G holds the larger amount of gas, because box G's particles carry the longer arrows. Which comparison of the two samples is correct?
FIGURE (gas-particle-box · stimulus) — boxes: [{"label": "F", "count": 12, "arrowLength": "short", "spacing": "far apart", "fill": "whole box"}, {"label": "G", "count": 7, "arrowLength": "long", "spacing… · style: "two same-size boxes side by side; F crowded (12 dots), G sparse (7 dots); G's arrows clearly longer than F's; one particle kind"raw spec
Box F holds the larger amount of gas — box G's longer arrows mean only that its gas is hotter. KEY
Box G holds the larger amount of gas, just as the student claims.
The two boxes hold the same amount of gas.
Box F's gas is at the higher temperature, because its particles are drawn with shorter arrows.
GAS-015 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (stage 2, fresh KE-ratio read per case_target: INVERSE halving — final kelvin value given, starting temperature asked; values 140/280/70/560/553 fresh; an earlier 130/260/65 draft was repicked after row16's 338 K -> 65 °C item claimed 65; 553-distractor mirrors the seed's '+273 to the doubled value' class, 2nd of 2 uses) · mcq4
A sealed gas sample was cooled until the particles' average kinetic energy was half of its starting value. The sample's final temperature is 140 K. What was its starting temperature?
280 K KEY
70 K
560 K
553 K
GAS-015 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (stage 2, doubled-KE log-entry review per case_rotation; fresh laboratory drying-cabinet surface, generic air — no oven word (A owns ovens at this seq); values 31/62 degC = 304/335 K verified disjoint; claim wording 'carry double the average kinetic energy' avoids the p43/p44 corpus run; classes: +273-shift-preserves-ratio (2nd of 2 with C(a); 273 = taught constant, pre-flagged adjudication class) / give-up-comparison (2nd of 2 with A(c), reworded off the seed's misconception text — same-seq A5 lane recorded; rule line 4 wording licensed) / equal-step-size-ratio (2nd of 2 with B(b)); keyExplanation leans on rule lines 3/5/7, whitelist) · mcq4
A laboratory drying cabinet is warmed from 31 °C to 62 °C. The trainee running it writes in the log: 'The cabinet gas's particles now carry double the average kinetic energy.' Which review of the log entry is correct?
The entry is wrong — 31 °C is 304 K and 62 °C is 335 K, and 335 K is nowhere near double 304 K. KEY
The entry is right — the +273 conversion shifts both readings equally, so the doubling survives.
No review is possible — average kinetic energy cannot be compared between the two settings.
The entry is right because kelvin and Celsius steps are the same size, so a doubled Celsius reading doubles the kelvin reading too.
GAS-006 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (stage 2, conceptual production FRQ per blueprint case_target; fresh sealed-space surface = farm storage silo — FIFTH surface added beyond the blueprint's four remaining candidates (museum display case was claimed by row 2), recorded judgment; part (c) = liquid contrast, GAS-006 taught addendum / gateItems[2] content class) · frq
After harvest, a farm's storage silo stands empty and sealed. A test gas is released at the base of the silo.
After harvest, a farm's storage silo stands empty and sealed. A test gas is released at the base of the silo.
(a) State what the gas does over the time that follows, and describe where the gas ends up.
(b) Explain why this happens, using what the kinetic molecular theory says about how gas particles move and about the attractions between gas particles.
(c) A liquid poured in at the base of the same sealed silo would sit there as a puddle instead of filling it. Explain what is different about the particles of a liquid.
Write your answers in plain words; no symbols or special characters are needed.
Part a. State what the gas does over the time that follows, and describe where the gas ends up.
Model: The gas spreads out from the base of the silo. Given time, it reaches every part of the silo — all the way to the top — and ends up spread evenly throughout the whole space. A gas fills its whole container.
Part b. Explain why this happens, using what the kinetic molecular theory says about how gas particles move and about the attractions between gas particles.
Model: Gas particles move constantly and rapidly in straight lines, in random directions, so the particles released at the base scatter — each travels its own straight lines, in its own random directions. And the kinetic molecular theory treats gas particles as having no attractions, so nothing pulls them back together once they have scattered. The particles keep spreading until they reach the silo's walls, which bounce them straight back inside. That is why the gas ends up spread through the whole silo.
Part c. A liquid poured in at the base of the same sealed silo would sit there as a puddle instead of filling it. Explain what is different about the particles of a liquid.
Write your answers in plain words; no symbols or special characters are needed.
Model: A liquid's particles stay touching one another, so a liquid keeps its own volume and sits where it is poured. Gas particles move independently, with no attractions holding them together, so they scatter and fill the space; a liquid's particles never scatter apart, so the puddle stays a puddle.
Full model answer. (a) The gas spreads out from the base of the silo. Given time, it reaches every part of the silo — all the way to the top — and ends up spread evenly throughout the whole space. A gas fills its whole container.
(b) Gas particles move constantly and rapidly in straight lines, in random directions, so the particles released at the base scatter — each travels its own straight lines, in its own random directions. And the kinetic molecular theory treats gas particles as having no attractions, so nothing pulls them back together once they have scattered. The particles keep spreading until they reach the silo's walls, which bounce them straight back inside. That is why the gas ends up spread through the whole silo.
(c) A liquid's particles stay touching one another, so a liquid keeps its own volume and sits where it is poured. Gas particles move independently, with no attractions holding them together, so they scatter and fill the space; a liquid's particles never scatter apart, so the puddle stays a puddle.
GAS-014 · medium · application · seq 22 · authored (UNSEEDED — fresh real named temperatures: 3-D printer nozzle 215 °C -> 488 K (standard print setting; replaces the dropped oven candidate's hot-equipment slot, non-cooking per row 15's advice) and polar summer mesopause 130 K -> −143 °C (coldest layer of Earth's atmosphere); values 215/488/−58 + 130/−143 swept clean) · frq
A maker-space technician sets a 3-D printer's nozzle temperature to 215 °C; an atmospheric-science article notes that the polar summer mesopause, the coldest layer of Earth's atmosphere, can dip to 130 K.
A maker-space technician sets a 3-D printer's nozzle temperature to 215 °C; an atmospheric-science article notes that the polar summer mesopause, the coldest layer of Earth's atmosphere, can dip to 130 K.
(a) Convert 215 °C to kelvins. Show every step of your working.
(b) Convert 130 K to degrees Celsius. Show every step of your working.
(c) A classmate converting the 215 °C reading got −58 K. State the arithmetic mistake that produces this answer, and explain how you can tell it must be wrong without redoing the calculation.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. Convert 215 °C to kelvins. Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: °C = 215 °C
Equation: K = °C + 273
Working: K = 215 + 273
K = 488 K
215 °C is far above 0 °C, so the kelvin value must land well above 273 K — 488 K passes that check.
Part b. Convert 130 K to degrees Celsius. Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: K = 130 K
Equation: K = °C + 273
Rearranged: °C = K − 273
Working: °C = 130 − 273
°C = −143 °C
130 K sits below 273 K (0 °C), so the Celsius answer must come out negative.
Part c. A classmate converting the 215 °C reading got −58 K. State the arithmetic mistake that produces this answer, and explain how you can tell it must be wrong without redoing the calculation.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: Subtracting 273 instead of adding it gives 215 − 273 = −58 K. Without redoing anything, the answer gives itself away: a kelvin temperature is never negative, so if a kelvin answer comes out below zero, the 273 was subtracted when it should have been added. The correct conversion adds: K = 215 + 273 = 488 K.
Full model answer. (a) Values: °C = 215 °C
Equation: K = °C + 273
Working: K = 215 + 273
K = 488 K
215 °C is far above 0 °C, so the kelvin value must land well above 273 K — 488 K passes that check.
(b) Values: K = 130 K
Equation: K = °C + 273
Rearranged: °C = K − 273
Working: °C = 130 − 273
°C = −143 °C
130 K sits below 273 K (0 °C), so the Celsius answer must come out negative.
(c) Subtracting 273 instead of adding it gives 215 − 273 = −58 K. Without redoing anything, the answer gives itself away: a kelvin temperature is never negative, so if a kelvin answer comes out below zero, the 273 was subtracted when it should have been added. The correct conversion adds: K = 215 + 273 = 488 K.
End of Topic Test: Pressure, volume, and temperature relationships (u09-t2 · 5 forms × 22 items · 110 total)
David's notes for James:
CALC-HEAVY FRQ SPLIT - frq_per_form = 2 (confirm the composition): QB-v2 sec.4 NAMES gas laws in the calculation-heavy 2-3-FRQ list, so this gate leaves the 1-FRQ baseline. Count = 2, not 3, because the scope teaches exactly TWO distinct multi-step routines: (1) the single-law two-condition routine (your GAS-020/025/029 are one rearrangement FAMILY per D1 - same 5-step procedure, different variable pair) and (2) the combined-law routine (GAS-032 capstone: label-the-conditions + constant-quantity handling + kelvin first). One FRQ per distinct routine: seq 21 = GAS-025 Charles FRQ (the family member whose taught FIRST step is the kelvin conversion, the unit's binding convention), seq 22 = GAS-032 combined-law capstone (terminal per D6). A third FRQ would re-measure a routine already measured by a numeric-ENTRY row - the form already carries 7 numeric-entry rows + 2 FRQs = 9 free-calculation slots (41% of the form). Total 20 objective + 2 FRQ = 22 items/form; your target_size=20 is honored for the objective window. D5 scaling NOT binding: min(20, 6 x 17 lessons) = 20.
NOTA REPLACEMENTS (opportunistic rule, confirm the texts): your pool[42] and pool[44] law-choice items carry literal none-of-the-above distractors, and GAS-030 itself teaches NOTA as its escape category. Replaced with misconception-keyed substantive escapes: pool[42] -> 'No gas law applies, because the amount of trapped gas changes.' and pool[44] -> 'No gas law applies, because all three quantities change.' 'The combined gas law' was REJECTED as the replacement text: GAS-031's reduction rule lines make it a defensible second answer (F2 risk). All other options verbatim.
INTERACTION CONVERSIONS (confirm): your pool[14] and pool[29] calculation mcq4s (computed-value options) are placed CONVERTED to numeric ENTRY on their quant rows - the HS numeric-entry rule (numeric answers are typed, never optioned) beats the AP gate-exception. Stems kept with the numeric-instruction sentence appended; your computed distractor values carried as anticipatedWrong/wrongValueDiagnostics with your misconception texts. Also per blueprint: GAS-018's row is a 7th numeric-ENTRY row (graph read on marked points, tolerance-graded); GAS-023's row stays mcq because its distinctive tested content is extrapolation SEMANTICS (dashed = prediction) and the read-off-the-line numeric class is already measured at seq 7 - its numeric seed went spare on that ground, not on merit.
MATERIAL POLICY - 'air' and 'steel' BANNED gate-wide (disclosure): the validator's own-lesson scan proved GAS-025's own article/fluency corpus uses 'air', so no single owner seq was possible; every scanned-field 'air' (your pools 1/14/16/27/29/35/39/42 included) was freshened to gas-neutral wording, physics unchanged, full-field QB 3.9 sweeps per touched item. 'steel' likewise (GAS-026's own hook 'The can is steel'): pools 32/44 -> 'metal'/dropped. Single-seq gas owners kept: oxygen->16, helium->19, steam->15, propane->3; nitrogen/argon introduced at seq 3 only. The substance scan stayed fully armed; no whitelist family was added for either word.
SEED CUE REWORDING at A#16 (confirm - a taught-cue surface change on your GAS-030 seed): the taught constant-T cue 'sits in a room-temperature water bath' was reworded to 'sits in a bath held steady at room temperature' - it drops the own-lesson material word 'water' (mats are never whitelist-filtered) while keeping the taught cue (bath = fixed temperature). All feedback/misconception mentions swept water bath -> bath. The gate_config convention-phrase entry for the original wording is now UNUSED (kept for the record).
SEED VALUE FRESHENINGS UNDER THE STRICT SEED RULING (no freshness exemption; validator never weakened - dispositions to confirm): stage-3 resolved all 67 seed-text freshness collisions by CONTENT, zero new whitelist entries. Values reassigned unique gate-wide, absent from all 17 scope specs, exact division preserved, keys re-derived where affected: A#12 27->17 degC (ans 162 degC), A#15 127->129 degC + 2.50->3.00 atm (ans 603 K), A#17 1.5/3.0->2.4/6.0 atm (ans 4.0 L), A#19 27/-3->12/-45 degC (ans 16.0 L), A#20 300->306 K (ans 459 K; later 2.00/3.00->1.80/2.70 atm to break a same-form ratio repeat), B#2 400/100->680/170 K, B#11 graph 200/400->230/460 K with options rescaled, B#12 350/250->385/275 K, B#15 500/300->550/330 K, B#19 -> 3.00 atm/260/390 K (ans 18.0 L), C#12 27/87->42/105 degC, C#15 27->32 degC (ans 1.22 atm). Every anticipatedWrong value recomputed for the new instances; full-field sweeps per QB 3.9. Plus non-numeric gram freshenings on seed stems (recorded in fix_log.md).
SEED CONTENT FIXES AT BLIND QC (confirm): B#6 scuba-tank FILLING scenario broke its own key's 'same particles' claim and lacked the constant-T pin -> reworked to a sealed slow squeeze at steady temperature; A#10 phase-change foil ('cold turns gas into liquid' - defensible for an unspecified gas) -> particle-clumping misconception; A#14 camping-FUEL canister (real ones hold liquefied fuel, making two foils defensible) -> compressed-GAS-only canister + heat-creates-particles foil; A#18+B#18 dropped a stem sentence that echoed the key verbatim ('The three gas laws all describe a FIXED amount of gas' - both blind reviewers flagged it); B#7 carried a dangling reference ('Using the same graph') with no graph - re-authored as a self-contained graph-read (5.0 atm -> 2.0 L).
SOL-QC AMENDMENTS (gpt-5.6-sol authoritative; confirm the classes): A#3 stem now pins 'holding only propane gas - no liquid inside' (real propane cylinders hold liquid); A#18/B#18 'rigid, sealed container' foil was genuinely defensible (a leak breaks sealing) -> kelvin-units foil; SIG-FIG ALTERNATE CLASS SWEEP over 15 numeric items - bare-integer acceptedAlternates dropped wherever the display carries a decimal; seq-3 formula-entry contract on all forms now accepts reversed no-space and cross-multiplied P1T2=P2T1 forms with a gradingNote; E#8/E#19 givens upgraded to 3 sf so the keyed values are supported; E#22 rubric credits the 2-sf forms 20 L / 20. (scientific notation dropped from typed contracts - caret and unicode superscripts are both barred from typed work). Graded values unchanged except where the instance freshening re-derived them (all recorded).
NOTATION (disclosure): the combined-law compact form 'P1V1' reads as a phosphorus-vanadium formula to the notation lint, so typed working and model answers use the underscore plain form (P_1, V_1, T_1) and the equation is written (P_1 x V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 x V_2)/T_2; the Charles rows use the V1/T1 plain form. Rubrics state both styles are accepted from students; typed answers are plain numbers + words throughout (V-T12).
GATE_CONFIG TASK-IDIOM WHITELIST (recorded, confirm): 57 scoped extra_task_idioms + 1 convention phrase (the now-unused water-bath entry, kept for the record) - all instance-free instruction/task language: numeric answer-format imperatives, row task questions, graph-read instructions, the formula-entry instruction with its symbol list, condition-cue clauses, FRQ part instructions, the conditions-of-validity frame, and 'entered on both sides' (GAS-032's own rule 6). Zero extra materials, zero category labels. Shared validator untouched.
BLIND-PACKET TOOLING DISCLOSURE (no content action needed): the shared blind-packet builder has no line-graph renderer, so the ten seq-7/seq-11 graph items were blind-unanswerable in round 1 (both reviewers correctly reported it; 8 of the 12 round-1 hard fails + all 10 keyless mismatches were this packet defect, not item defects). A gate-local renderer (augment_blind_figs.py, prior-gate precedent) drew title + axes + marked data points - exactly what the drawn SVG shows a student - and all ten items were re-blinded clean (key picks 24/24, graph reads exact). A#11/B#11 were ALSO missing their figure payloads entirely (stage-2 crash gap) - authored sibling-style figureSpecs with fresh datasets before the re-blind. Standing _shared strengthening candidate documented, not applied (_shared read-only this wave).
BINDING INSTANCE RULE (course-wide, wave 5): zero fissile/weapons/dose framings; classroom-safe instance set throughout (pistons, pouches, balloons, aerosol cans, welding-safety, bike pumps, research balloons, greenhouse/oven-vent scenarios). Your pool scanned clean at stage 1; re-swept at packaging over forms_final + this export body.
TEXT-ROW CASE CONTRACT (seq 3, all forms - this note is the carrier): the formula-entry answer (P1/T1 = P2/T2 family) is graded case-INSENSITIVELY at source (caseSensitive: false recorded in the authoring contract; students should not lose the point for p1/t1 = p2/t2). The export's answer schema has no caseSensitive lane and the gradingNote predates this disclosure, so treat lowercase symbol variants of the value/alternates as accepted.
CRASH-RESUME PROVENANCE (disclosure, no action needed): the authoring fleet was killed TWICE by laptop restarts - once after stage 2 (forms authored + assembled, freshness queue open; the resumed session ran stage 3 and QC stages 4-7 to finalize), and once between stage-7 finalize and packaging (THIS export ran in a further resumed session). Every resume worked from DISK STATE with recorded audits (fix_log.md): this pass json.loads-verified all 67 gate JSON artifacts (nothing truncated, nothing quarantined), verified forms_final.json byte-identical to the validated form_A..E.json AND forms_v1.json, and re-ran the shared validator fresh (12/12 PASS, exit 0, output identical to the stage-7 run, diff-verified). QC ledger: blind rounds r1-r10 = 190/190 option-item key picks across all rounds, 50 keyless slots x 2 reviewers graded with hand-review justifications in frq_verdicts.json, 0 open hard fails; sol authoritative loops 1-4 = 13 -> 4 -> 1 -> 0 FAILs, final 110/110 pass, 10 recorded style-level minors (keys unaffected, batched for David). This export was built from the crash-audited forms_final.json.
FRQ delivery: your `prod` draw-on-paper class is delivered as a typed diagram-PLAN task (state kinds/recipes/counts/spacing; rubric grades the same observables). Confirm this mapping (pending from the U01-G1 round-trip).
full notes file
# u09-t2 — notes/queries from David's side (U9-G2)
1. CALC-HEAVY FRQ SPLIT - frq_per_form = 2 (confirm the composition): QB-v2 sec.4 NAMES gas laws in the calculation-heavy 2-3-FRQ list, so this gate leaves the 1-FRQ baseline. Count = 2, not 3, because the scope teaches exactly TWO distinct multi-step routines: (1) the single-law two-condition routine (your GAS-020/025/029 are one rearrangement FAMILY per D1 - same 5-step procedure, different variable pair) and (2) the combined-law routine (GAS-032 capstone: label-the-conditions + constant-quantity handling + kelvin first). One FRQ per distinct routine: seq 21 = GAS-025 Charles FRQ (the family member whose taught FIRST step is the kelvin conversion, the unit's binding convention), seq 22 = GAS-032 combined-law capstone (terminal per D6). A third FRQ would re-measure a routine already measured by a numeric-ENTRY row - the form already carries 7 numeric-entry rows + 2 FRQs = 9 free-calculation slots (41% of the form). Total 20 objective + 2 FRQ = 22 items/form; your target_size=20 is honored for the objective window. D5 scaling NOT binding: min(20, 6 x 17 lessons) = 20.
2. NOTA REPLACEMENTS (opportunistic rule, confirm the texts): your pool[42] and pool[44] law-choice items carry literal none-of-the-above distractors, and GAS-030 itself teaches NOTA as its escape category. Replaced with misconception-keyed substantive escapes: pool[42] -> 'No gas law applies, because the amount of trapped gas changes.' and pool[44] -> 'No gas law applies, because all three quantities change.' 'The combined gas law' was REJECTED as the replacement text: GAS-031's reduction rule lines make it a defensible second answer (F2 risk). All other options verbatim.
3. INTERACTION CONVERSIONS (confirm): your pool[14] and pool[29] calculation mcq4s (computed-value options) are placed CONVERTED to numeric ENTRY on their quant rows - the HS numeric-entry rule (numeric answers are typed, never optioned) beats the AP gate-exception. Stems kept with the numeric-instruction sentence appended; your computed distractor values carried as anticipatedWrong/wrongValueDiagnostics with your misconception texts. Also per blueprint: GAS-018's row is a 7th numeric-ENTRY row (graph read on marked points, tolerance-graded); GAS-023's row stays mcq because its distinctive tested content is extrapolation SEMANTICS (dashed = prediction) and the read-off-the-line numeric class is already measured at seq 7 - its numeric seed went spare on that ground, not on merit.
4. MATERIAL POLICY - 'air' and 'steel' BANNED gate-wide (disclosure): the validator's own-lesson scan proved GAS-025's own article/fluency corpus uses 'air', so no single owner seq was possible; every scanned-field 'air' (your pools 1/14/16/27/29/35/39/42 included) was freshened to gas-neutral wording, physics unchanged, full-field QB 3.9 sweeps per touched item. 'steel' likewise (GAS-026's own hook 'The can is steel'): pools 32/44 -> 'metal'/dropped. Single-seq gas owners kept: oxygen->16, helium->19, steam->15, propane->3; nitrogen/argon introduced at seq 3 only. The substance scan stayed fully armed; no whitelist family was added for either word.
5. SEED CUE REWORDING at A#16 (confirm - a taught-cue surface change on your GAS-030 seed): the taught constant-T cue 'sits in a room-temperature water bath' was reworded to 'sits in a bath held steady at room temperature' - it drops the own-lesson material word 'water' (mats are never whitelist-filtered) while keeping the taught cue (bath = fixed temperature). All feedback/misconception mentions swept water bath -> bath. The gate_config convention-phrase entry for the original wording is now UNUSED (kept for the record).
6. SEED VALUE FRESHENINGS UNDER THE STRICT SEED RULING (no freshness exemption; validator never weakened - dispositions to confirm): stage-3 resolved all 67 seed-text freshness collisions by CONTENT, zero new whitelist entries. Values reassigned unique gate-wide, absent from all 17 scope specs, exact division preserved, keys re-derived where affected: A#12 27->17 degC (ans 162 degC), A#15 127->129 degC + 2.50->3.00 atm (ans 603 K), A#17 1.5/3.0->2.4/6.0 atm (ans 4.0 L), A#19 27/-3->12/-45 degC (ans 16.0 L), A#20 300->306 K (ans 459 K; later 2.00/3.00->1.80/2.70 atm to break a same-form ratio repeat), B#2 400/100->680/170 K, B#11 graph 200/400->230/460 K with options rescaled, B#12 350/250->385/275 K, B#15 500/300->550/330 K, B#19 -> 3.00 atm/260/390 K (ans 18.0 L), C#12 27/87->42/105 degC, C#15 27->32 degC (ans 1.22 atm). Every anticipatedWrong value recomputed for the new instances; full-field sweeps per QB 3.9. Plus non-numeric gram freshenings on seed stems (recorded in fix_log.md).
7. SEED CONTENT FIXES AT BLIND QC (confirm): B#6 scuba-tank FILLING scenario broke its own key's 'same particles' claim and lacked the constant-T pin -> reworked to a sealed slow squeeze at steady temperature; A#10 phase-change foil ('cold turns gas into liquid' - defensible for an unspecified gas) -> particle-clumping misconception; A#14 camping-FUEL canister (real ones hold liquefied fuel, making two foils defensible) -> compressed-GAS-only canister + heat-creates-particles foil; A#18+B#18 dropped a stem sentence that echoed the key verbatim ('The three gas laws all describe a FIXED amount of gas' - both blind reviewers flagged it); B#7 carried a dangling reference ('Using the same graph') with no graph - re-authored as a self-contained graph-read (5.0 atm -> 2.0 L).
8. SOL-QC AMENDMENTS (gpt-5.6-sol authoritative; confirm the classes): A#3 stem now pins 'holding only propane gas - no liquid inside' (real propane cylinders hold liquid); A#18/B#18 'rigid, sealed container' foil was genuinely defensible (a leak breaks sealing) -> kelvin-units foil; SIG-FIG ALTERNATE CLASS SWEEP over 15 numeric items - bare-integer acceptedAlternates dropped wherever the display carries a decimal; seq-3 formula-entry contract on all forms now accepts reversed no-space and cross-multiplied P1T2=P2T1 forms with a gradingNote; E#8/E#19 givens upgraded to 3 sf so the keyed values are supported; E#22 rubric credits the 2-sf forms 20 L / 20. (scientific notation dropped from typed contracts - caret and unicode superscripts are both barred from typed work). Graded values unchanged except where the instance freshening re-derived them (all recorded).
9. NOTATION (disclosure): the combined-law compact form 'P1V1' reads as a phosphorus-vanadium formula to the notation lint, so typed working and model answers use the underscore plain form (P_1, V_1, T_1) and the equation is written (P_1 x V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 x V_2)/T_2; the Charles rows use the V1/T1 plain form. Rubrics state both styles are accepted from students; typed answers are plain numbers + words throughout (V-T12).
10. GATE_CONFIG TASK-IDIOM WHITELIST (recorded, confirm): 57 scoped extra_task_idioms + 1 convention phrase (the now-unused water-bath entry, kept for the record) - all instance-free instruction/task language: numeric answer-format imperatives, row task questions, graph-read instructions, the formula-entry instruction with its symbol list, condition-cue clauses, FRQ part instructions, the conditions-of-validity frame, and 'entered on both sides' (GAS-032's own rule 6). Zero extra materials, zero category labels. Shared validator untouched.
11. BLIND-PACKET TOOLING DISCLOSURE (no content action needed): the shared blind-packet builder has no line-graph renderer, so the ten seq-7/seq-11 graph items were blind-unanswerable in round 1 (both reviewers correctly reported it; 8 of the 12 round-1 hard fails + all 10 keyless mismatches were this packet defect, not item defects). A gate-local renderer (augment_blind_figs.py, prior-gate precedent) drew title + axes + marked data points - exactly what the drawn SVG shows a student - and all ten items were re-blinded clean (key picks 24/24, graph reads exact). A#11/B#11 were ALSO missing their figure payloads entirely (stage-2 crash gap) - authored sibling-style figureSpecs with fresh datasets before the re-blind. Standing _shared strengthening candidate documented, not applied (_shared read-only this wave).
12. BINDING INSTANCE RULE (course-wide, wave 5): zero fissile/weapons/dose framings; classroom-safe instance set throughout (pistons, pouches, balloons, aerosol cans, welding-safety, bike pumps, research balloons, greenhouse/oven-vent scenarios). Your pool scanned clean at stage 1; re-swept at packaging over forms_final + this export body.
13. TEXT-ROW CASE CONTRACT (seq 3, all forms - this note is the carrier): the formula-entry answer (P1/T1 = P2/T2 family) is graded case-INSENSITIVELY at source (caseSensitive: false recorded in the authoring contract; students should not lose the point for p1/t1 = p2/t2). The export's answer schema has no caseSensitive lane and the gradingNote predates this disclosure, so treat lowercase symbol variants of the value/alternates as accepted.
14. CRASH-RESUME PROVENANCE (disclosure, no action needed): the authoring fleet was killed TWICE by laptop restarts - once after stage 2 (forms authored + assembled, freshness queue open; the resumed session ran stage 3 and QC stages 4-7 to finalize), and once between stage-7 finalize and packaging (THIS export ran in a further resumed session). Every resume worked from DISK STATE with recorded audits (fix_log.md): this pass json.loads-verified all 67 gate JSON artifacts (nothing truncated, nothing quarantined), verified forms_final.json byte-identical to the validated form_A..E.json AND forms_v1.json, and re-ran the shared validator fresh (12/12 PASS, exit 0, output identical to the stage-7 run, diff-verified). QC ledger: blind rounds r1-r10 = 190/190 option-item key picks across all rounds, 50 keyless slots x 2 reviewers graded with hand-review justifications in frq_verdicts.json, 0 open hard fails; sol authoritative loops 1-4 = 13 -> 4 -> 1 -> 0 FAILs, final 110/110 pass, 10 recorded style-level minors (keys unaffected, batched for David). This export was built from the crash-audited forms_final.json.
Sunlight gradually warms a rigid, sealed cylinder holding only propane gas — no liquid inside. Write the equation you would use to compare its pressure at the two temperatures, using P₁, T₁, P₂, and T₂.
{
"keyExplanation": "The cylinder is rigid and sealed — a fixed amount of gas at constant volume — so Gay-Lussac's law applies: P₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂, with both temperatures in kelvin."
}
The pressure of a gas trapped in a sealed, flexible container rose while its temperature stayed constant, with no gas entering or leaving. What must have happened to its volume?
The graph shows pressure against volume for a trapped gas at constant temperature. Read the pressure, in atmospheres, when the volume is 2.0 L. Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
FIGURE (line-graph · stimulus) — title: "Pressure and volume of a trapped gas (constant temperature, fixed amount)" · xAxis: {"label": "volume (L)", "range": [0, 12], "gridlines": true} · yAxis: {"label": "pressure (atm)", "range": [0, 12], "gridlines": true} · series: [{"points": [[1.0, 10.0], [2.0, 5.0], [4.0, 2.5], [5.0, 2.0], [10.0, 1.0]], "style": "smooth falling curve through marked data points"}] · style: "clean textbook graph; marked points readable against gridlines; no annotations that give away paired values"raw spec
[
{
"value": 2.5,
"misconception": "you read the curve at 4.0 L instead of 2.0 L — start at the KNOWN value on its own axis",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 2.5 atm is the curve's pressure at 4.0 L. Start at 2.0 L on the volume axis, move up to the curve, then across: 5.0 atm."
},
{
"value": 2.0,
"misconception": "you echoed the given volume — the question asks for the PAIRED pressure read off the curve",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 2.0 is the given volume, not the pressure. At 2.0 L the curve sits at 5.0 atm."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Find 2.0 L on the volume axis, move straight up to the curve, then straight across to the pressure axis: the pressure reads 5.0 atm.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 2.5,
"misconception": "you read the curve at 4.0 L instead of 2.0 L — start at the KNOWN value on its own axis",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 2.5 atm is the curve's pressure at 4.0 L. Start at 2.0 L on the volume axis, move up to the curve, then across: 5.0 atm."
},
{
"value": 2.0,
"misconception": "you echoed the given volume — the question asks for the PAIRED pressure read off the curve",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 2.0 is the given volume, not the pressure. At 2.0 L the curve sits at 5.0 atm."
}
]
}
A trapped gas at 760 mmHg fills 4.0 L. It is squeezed to 2.0 L at constant temperature. What is the new pressure, in millimeters of mercury? Give your answer as a whole number.
Answer: 1520 mmHg KEY
also accepted: 1520., 1520 mmHg
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"P₁ = 760 mmHg",
"V₁ = 4.0 L",
"V₂ = 2.0 L",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁ = P₂V₂",
"Make P₂ the subject:",
"P₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"P₂ = 760 × 4.0 / 2.0",
"P₂ = 1520 mmHg"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 380,
"misconception": "you halved the pressure — squeezing the gas into half the space DOUBLES the pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — halving the volume doubles the pressure: P₂ = 760 × 4.0 / 2.0 = 1520 mmHg."
},
{
"value": 760,
"misconception": "you left the pressure unchanged — at constant temperature a volume change must move the pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the volume halved, so the pressure cannot stay at 760 mmHg: P₂ = 760 × 4.0 / 2.0 = 1520 mmHg."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP₁ = 760 mmHg\nV₁ = 4.0 L\nV₂ = 2.0 L\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁ = P₂V₂\nMake P₂ the subject:\nP₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₂ = 760 × 4.0 / 2.0\nP₂ = 1520 mmHg\nThe volume halved, so the pressure must exactly double — 1520 mmHg passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 380,
"misconception": "you halved the pressure — squeezing the gas into half the space DOUBLES the pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — halving the volume doubles the pressure: P₂ = 760 × 4.0 / 2.0 = 1520 mmHg."
},
{
"value": 760,
"misconception": "you left the pressure unchanged — at constant temperature a volume change must move the pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the volume halved, so the pressure cannot stay at 760 mmHg: P₂ = 760 × 4.0 / 2.0 = 1520 mmHg."
}
]
}
The volume of a gas sealed in a flexible container decreased overnight. The pressure on it stayed steady, and no gas leaked out. What must have happened to its temperature?
A sealed, flexible pouch of gas is moved from a warm room into a refrigerator, and it slowly caves in. The pressure around it holds steady the whole time. Which particle-level explanation is correct?
The slowing particles hit the walls less hard and less often, so the outside push wins. KEY
The particles shrink in the cold, so the gas needs less room.
The chilled particles pull together into a clump at the middle of the pouch and drag the walls inward with them.
Chill from the refrigerator seeps in and weighs the pouch down.
Which statement correctly describes the pattern the graph shows?
FIGURE (line-graph · stimulus) — title: "Volume and kelvin temperature of a trapped gas (constant pressure, fixed amount)" · xAxis: {"label": "temperature (K)", "range": [0, 600], "gridlines": true} · yAxis: {"label": "volume (L)", "range": [0, 2.5], "gridlines": true} · series: [{"points": [[140, 0.56], [280, 1.12], [420, 1.68], [560, 2.24]], "style": "straight line through marked data points, with a dashed extension of the line bac… · style: "clean textbook graph; marked points readable against gridlines; no annotations that give away paired values"raw spec
{
"figureRequired": true,
"figureShape": "stimulus",
"figureSpec": {
"figureType": "line-graph",
"title": "Volume and kelvin temperature of a trapped gas (constant pressure, fixed amount)",
"xAxis": {
"label": "temperature (K)",
"range": [
0,
600
],
"gridlines": true
},
"yAxis": {
"label": "volume (L)",
"range": [
0,
2.5
],
"gridlines": true
},
"series": [
{
"points": [
[
140,
0.56
],
[
280,
1.12
],
[
420,
1.68
],
[
560,
2.24
]
],
"style": "straight line through marked data points, with a dashed extension of the line back toward the origin (0 K, 0 L)"
}
],
"style": "clean textbook graph; marked points readable against gridlines; no annotations that give away paired values"
}
}
The points lie on a straight line that, extended, points toward zero volume at absolute zero. KEY
The points lie on a curve that falls steeply and then levels off.
The points lie on a straight line that, extended, crosses the volume axis well above zero.
A flexible sealed pouch holds 2.0 L of gas at 17 °C. At constant pressure it is warmed until it holds 3.0 L. What is its new temperature, in degrees Celsius? Give your answer as a whole number; do not type units.
Answer: 162 °C KEY
also accepted: 162., 162 °C
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:",
"V₁ = 2.0 L",
"T₁ = 17 + 273 = 290 K",
"V₂ = 3.0 L",
"Write down the equation:",
"V₁/T₁ = V₂/T₂",
"Make T₂ the subject:",
"T₂ = T₁V₂ / V₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"T₂ = 290 × 3.0 / 2.0",
"T₂ = 435 K",
"Convert back to Celsius: 435 − 273 = 162 °C"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 25.5,
"misconception": "you ran the ratio on the Celsius values — convert to kelvin first, then convert the answer back",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — Celsius values cannot ride the ratio. Convert first (17 °C = 290 K), solve T₂ = 290 × 3.0 / 2.0 = 435 K, then convert back: 435 − 273 = 162 °C."
},
{
"value": 435,
"misconception": "you stopped at the kelvin value — the question asks for the answer in degrees Celsius",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong as given — 435 K is right but the question asks for Celsius: 435 − 273 = 162 °C."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:\nV₁ = 2.0 L\nT₁ = 17 + 273 = 290 K\nV₂ = 3.0 L\nWrite down the equation:\nV₁/T₁ = V₂/T₂\nMake T₂ the subject:\nT₂ = T₁V₂ / V₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nT₂ = 290 × 3.0 / 2.0\nT₂ = 435 K\nConvert back to Celsius: 435 − 273 = 162 °C\nThe pouch grew half again as large, so its kelvin temperature must be half again as high; 435 K = 162 °C passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 25.5,
"misconception": "you ran the ratio on the Celsius values — convert to kelvin first, then convert the answer back",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — Celsius values cannot ride the ratio. Convert first (17 °C = 290 K), solve T₂ = 290 × 3.0 / 2.0 = 435 K, then convert back: 435 − 273 = 162 °C."
},
{
"value": 435,
"misconception": "you stopped at the kelvin value — the question asks for the answer in degrees Celsius",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong as given — 435 K is right but the question asks for Celsius: 435 − 273 = 162 °C."
}
]
}
The label on a rigid, sealed canister of compressed gas warns against storing it near a furnace. The canister holds nothing but gas. Using the particle model, why would warming raise the pressure inside?
Warmer particles move faster, so they hit the canister walls harder and more often. KEY
The heat breaks the attractions between the particles, and the freed particles push outward.
The heat creates brand-new gas particles inside the canister, so more particles share the space.
The warm gas becomes lighter and floats upward against the top of the canister.
An autoclave chamber is rigid and sealed. The steam inside is at 2.00 atm and 129 °C, and the safety valve opens at 3.00 atm. At what kelvin temperature does the valve open? Give your answer in K to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 603 K KEY
also accepted: 603., 603 K
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:",
"P₁ = 2.00 atm",
"T₁ = 129 + 273 = 402 K",
"P₂ = 3.00 atm",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂",
"Make T₂ the subject:",
"T₂ = T₁P₂ / P₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"T₂ = 402 × 3.00 / 2.00",
"T₂ = 603 K"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 268,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — reaching a HIGHER pressure needs a HIGHER kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the pressure must climb from 2.00 to 3.00 atm, so the temperature must rise above 402 K: T₂ = 402 × 3.00 / 2.00 = 603 K."
},
{
"value": 193.5,
"misconception": "you ran the ratio on the Celsius value — convert 129 °C to kelvin before anything else",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — convert first: 129 °C = 402 K. Then T₂ = 402 × 3.00 / 2.00 = 603 K."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:\nP₁ = 2.00 atm\nT₁ = 129 + 273 = 402 K\nP₂ = 3.00 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂\nMake T₂ the subject:\nT₂ = T₁P₂ / P₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nT₂ = 402 × 3.00 / 2.00\nT₂ = 603 K\nThe pressure must rise, so T₂ had to come out above 402 K — 603 K passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 268,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — reaching a HIGHER pressure needs a HIGHER kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the pressure must climb from 2.00 to 3.00 atm, so the temperature must rise above 402 K: T₂ = 402 × 3.00 / 2.00 = 603 K."
},
{
"value": 193.5,
"misconception": "you ran the ratio on the Celsius value — convert 129 °C to kelvin before anything else",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — convert first: 129 °C = 402 K. Then T₂ = 402 × 3.00 / 2.00 = 603 K."
}
]
}
GAS-030 · medium · application · seq 16 · seed:U9-G2.pool[42] (GAS-030 gateItems, James) - NOTA distractor REPLACED (recorded) - instance freshened per material-ownership policy · mcq4
A piston presses down slowly on gas trapped in a cylinder that sits in a bath held steady at room temperature, reducing the space the gas fills. Which gas law applies to the trapped gas?
Boyle's law KEY
Charles's law
Gay-Lussac's law
No gas law applies, because the amount of trapped gas changes.
GAS-020 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · seed:U9-G2.pool[12] (GAS-020 gateItems, James) - VERBATIM (field mapping only) · numeric
A gas sample has just expanded. It now fills 10.0 L at 2.4 atm. Before it expanded, its pressure was 6.0 atm, at the same constant temperature. What volume did it fill before, in liters? Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 4.0 L KEY
also accepted: 4.0 L
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"V₂ = 10.0 L",
"P₂ = 2.4 atm",
"P₁ = 6.0 atm",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁ = P₂V₂",
"Make V₁ the subject:",
"V₁ = P₂V₂ / P₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₁ = 2.4 × 10.0 / 6.0",
"V₁ = 4.0 L"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 25.0,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the pressure ratio the wrong way — the gas EXPANDED, so it must have been smaller before",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the sample expanded from its earlier state, so the earlier volume must be SMALLER than 10.0 L: V₁ = 2.4 × 10.0 / 6.0 = 4.0 L."
},
{
"value": 14.4,
"misconception": "you multiplied the two pressures together (2.4 × 6.0) and left out the 10.0 L volume — make V₁ the subject first",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 14.4 comes from multiplying the two pressures (2.4 × 6.0) and dropping the 10.0 L volume. Make V₁ the subject: V₁ = P₂V₂ / P₁ = 2.4 × 10.0 / 6.0 = 4.0 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV₂ = 10.0 L\nP₂ = 2.4 atm\nP₁ = 6.0 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁ = P₂V₂\nMake V₁ the subject:\nV₁ = P₂V₂ / P₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₁ = 2.4 × 10.0 / 6.0\nV₁ = 4.0 L\nThe gas ended up expanded at a lower pressure, so it must have started smaller — 4.0 L passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 25.0,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the pressure ratio the wrong way — the gas EXPANDED, so it must have been smaller before",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the sample expanded from its earlier state, so the earlier volume must be SMALLER than 10.0 L: V₁ = 2.4 × 10.0 / 6.0 = 4.0 L."
},
{
"value": 14.4,
"misconception": "you multiplied the two pressures together (2.4 × 6.0) and left out the 10.0 L volume — make V₁ the subject first",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 14.4 comes from multiplying the two pressures (2.4 × 6.0) and dropping the 10.0 L volume. Make V₁ the subject: V₁ = P₂V₂ / P₁ = 2.4 × 10.0 / 6.0 = 4.0 L."
}
]
}
GAS-030 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · seed:U9-G2.pool[43] (GAS-030 gateItems, James) - VERBATIM (field mapping only) · mcq4
A bicycle tire has a slow leak. Overnight, at steady temperature and steady surrounding pressure, the tire softens. Which required condition of the gas laws does the leaking tire break?
A fixed amount of gas KEY
A steady temperature
A steady surrounding pressure
Kelvin temperatures — overnight readings are taken on the Celsius scale
A weather balloon holds 10.0 L of helium at 1.00 atm and 12 °C at ground level. High in the atmosphere the pressure is 0.500 atm and the temperature is −45 °C. What is the balloon's volume there? Give your answer in L to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 16.0 L KEY
also accepted: 16.0 L
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:",
"P₁ = 1.00 atm",
"V₁ = 10.0 L",
"T₁ = 12 + 273 = 285 K",
"P₂ = 0.500 atm",
"T₂ = −45 + 273 = 228 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂",
"Make V₂ the subject:",
"V₂ = P₁V₁T₂ / (P₂T₁)",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₂ = 1.00 × 10.0 × 228 / (0.500 × 285)",
"V₂ = 16.0 L"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": -75.0,
"misconception": "you left the temperatures in Celsius — a negative volume is impossible; convert both with K = °C + 273 first",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — a negative volume is impossible, which signals Celsius in the ratio. Convert first (285 K and 228 K), then V₂ = 1.00 × 10.0 × 228 / (0.500 × 285) = 16.0 L."
},
{
"value": 20.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the temperature drop and solved Boyle's law only — the temperature ratio must multiply in",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — pressure alone would double the volume to 20.0 L, but the cooling pulls it back: V₂ = 16.0 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:\nP₁ = 1.00 atm\nV₁ = 10.0 L\nT₁ = 12 + 273 = 285 K\nP₂ = 0.500 atm\nT₂ = −45 + 273 = 228 K\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂\nMake V₂ the subject:\nV₂ = P₁V₁T₂ / (P₂T₁)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₂ = 1.00 × 10.0 × 228 / (0.500 × 285)\nV₂ = 16.0 L\nThe halved pressure roughly doubles the volume, and the cooling pulls it back — 16.0 L fits both effects.",
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{
"value": -75.0,
"misconception": "you left the temperatures in Celsius — a negative volume is impossible; convert both with K = °C + 273 first",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — a negative volume is impossible, which signals Celsius in the ratio. Convert first (285 K and 228 K), then V₂ = 1.00 × 10.0 × 228 / (0.500 × 285) = 16.0 L."
},
{
"value": 20.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the temperature drop and solved Boyle's law only — the temperature ratio must multiply in",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — pressure alone would double the volume to 20.0 L, but the cooling pulls it back: V₂ = 16.0 L."
}
]
}
A rigid 6.00 L tank holds gas at 1.80 atm and 306 K. Its pressure must not pass 2.70 atm. At what kelvin temperature will the pressure first hit 2.70 atm? Give your answer in K to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 459 K KEY
also accepted: 459., 459 K
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question (the rigid tank keeps the volume the same on both sides):",
"P₁ = 1.80 atm",
"V₁ = 6.00 L",
"T₁ = 306 K",
"P₂ = 2.70 atm",
"V₂ = 6.00 L",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂",
"Make T₂ the subject:",
"T₂ = T₁P₂V₂ / (P₁V₁)",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"T₂ = 306 × 2.70 × 6.00 / (1.80 × 6.00)",
"T₂ = 459 K"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 204,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — a higher pressure needs a higher kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the pressure must RISE to 2.70 atm, so the temperature must rise above 306 K: T₂ = 306 × 2.70 × 6.00 / (1.80 × 6.00) = 459 K."
},
{
"value": 76.5,
"misconception": "you divided by the volume on one side only — the unchanged 6.00 L appears on both sides and cancels",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the rigid tank's 6.00 L sits on BOTH sides and cancels: T₂ = 306 × 2.70 / 1.80 = 459 K."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question (the rigid tank keeps the volume the same on both sides):\nP₁ = 1.80 atm\nV₁ = 6.00 L\nT₁ = 306 K\nP₂ = 2.70 atm\nV₂ = 6.00 L\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂\nMake T₂ the subject:\nT₂ = T₁P₂V₂ / (P₁V₁)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nT₂ = 306 × 2.70 × 6.00 / (1.80 × 6.00)\nT₂ = 459 K\nThe pressure must rise, so T₂ had to come out above 306 K — 459 K passes that check.",
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{
"value": 204,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — a higher pressure needs a higher kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the pressure must RISE to 2.70 atm, so the temperature must rise above 306 K: T₂ = 306 × 2.70 × 6.00 / (1.80 × 6.00) = 459 K."
},
{
"value": 76.5,
"misconception": "you divided by the volume on one side only — the unchanged 6.00 L appears on both sides and cancels",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the rigid tank's 6.00 L sits on BOTH sides and cancels: T₂ = 306 × 2.70 / 1.80 = 459 K."
}
]
}
A sealed flexible gas pouch is moved from a cold chamber at −23 °C, where it holds 2.6 L, to a spot beside a warm oven vent at 227 °C. The pressure around it stays steady the whole time.
A sealed flexible gas pouch is moved from a cold chamber at −23 °C, where it holds 2.6 L, to a spot beside a warm oven vent at 227 °C. The pressure around it stays steady the whole time.
(a) Convert both temperatures to kelvin, showing the arithmetic for each.
(b) Using Charles's law, calculate the pouch's new volume in liters. Show every step of your calculation.
(c) Check the direction of your answer in words: say which way the volume should move when the gas warms at steady pressure, and whether your answer passes that check.
Part a. Convert both temperatures to kelvin, showing the arithmetic for each.
Model: T1 = −23 + 273 = 250 K
T2 = 227 + 273 = 500 K
Part b. Using Charles's law, calculate the pouch's new volume in liters. Show every step of your calculation.
Model: V1 = 2.6 L, T1 = 250 K, T2 = 500 K
V1/T1 = V2/T2
V2 = V1 x T2 / T1
V2 = 2.6 x 500 / 250
V2 = 5.2 L
Part c. Check the direction of your answer in words: say which way the volume should move when the gas warms at steady pressure, and whether your answer passes that check.
Model: Warming a gas at steady pressure grows it, so the answer must come out larger than 2.6 L — 5.2 L passes the check.
Full model answer. (a) T1 = −23 + 273 = 250 K
T2 = 227 + 273 = 500 K
(b) V1 = 2.6 L, T1 = 250 K, T2 = 500 K
V1/T1 = V2/T2
V2 = V1 x T2 / T1
V2 = 2.6 x 500 / 250
V2 = 5.2 L
(c) Warming a gas at steady pressure grows it, so the answer must come out larger than 2.6 L — 5.2 L passes the check.
A flexible sealed sampling bag rides a research balloon. At the hot intake line it holds 3.6 L at 1.55 atm and 267 °C. High in the atmosphere it reaches 0.62 atm and −93 °C.
A flexible sealed sampling bag rides a research balloon. At the hot intake line it holds 3.6 L at 1.55 atm and 267 °C. High in the atmosphere it reaches 0.62 atm and −93 °C.
(a) Convert both temperatures to kelvin, showing the arithmetic, and label every value as condition 1 (intake) or condition 2 (high altitude).
(b) Using the combined gas law, calculate the bag's volume at high altitude, in liters. Show every step of your calculation.
(c) Explain in words why the answer comes out close to the starting volume, naming the two competing effects.
Part a. Convert both temperatures to kelvin, showing the arithmetic, and label every value as condition 1 (intake) or condition 2 (high altitude).
Part b. Using the combined gas law, calculate the bag's volume at high altitude, in liters. Show every step of your calculation.
Model: (P_1 x V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 x V_2)/T_2
V2 = P_1 x V_1 x T_2 / (P_2 x T_1)
V_2 = 1.55 x 3.6 x 180 / (0.62 x 540)
V2 = 3.0 L
Part c. Explain in words why the answer comes out close to the starting volume, naming the two competing effects.
Model: The pressure fell to less than half, which alone would more than double the bag; the kelvin temperature fell to a third, which alone would shrink it to a third. The two effects pull in opposite directions and nearly cancel, so the bag ends close to where it began.
Full model answer. (a) Condition 1 (intake): P_1 = 1.55 atm, V_1 = 3.6 L, T_1 = 267 + 273 = 540 K
Condition 2 (high altitude): P_2 = 0.62 atm, T_2 = −93 + 273 = 180 K
(b) (P_1 x V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 x V_2)/T_2
V2 = P_1 x V_1 x T_2 / (P_2 x T_1)
V_2 = 1.55 x 3.6 x 180 / (0.62 x 540)
V2 = 3.0 L
(c) The pressure fell to less than half, which alone would more than double the bag; the kelvin temperature fell to a third, which alone would shrink it to a third. The two effects pull in opposite directions and nearly cancel, so the bag ends close to where it began.
A sealed, rigid nitrogen cylinder is wheeled from a warm loading dock into a cold storage room. Write the equation you would use to compare its pressure at the two temperatures, using P₁, T₁, P₂, and T₂.
{
"keyExplanation": "The cylinder is rigid and sealed, so the volume and the amount of gas are fixed — Gay-Lussac's law applies: P₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂, with both temperatures in kelvin."
}
A sealed camping mattress is rolled up tightly for packing, forcing the trapped gas into much less space. Its temperature does not change during packing. What happens to the pressure of the trapped gas?
A sealed cylinder of trapped gas is squeezed slowly, and its temperature holds steady the whole time. A student explains the rising pressure: 'Squeezing the gas into less space raises the pressure because the particles get squashed and press outward harder as they touch.' Which correction fixes the explanation?
No particle is squashed — the same particles just hit the walls more often. KEY
The explanation is right, but only for gases made of large particles.
The particles are indeed squashed, but they press inward, not outward.
The pressure rises because the particles speed up in the smaller space.
The graph shows pressure against volume for a trapped gas at constant temperature. Read the volume, in liters, at which the pressure is 5.0 atm. Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
FIGURE (line-graph · stimulus) — title: "Pressure and volume of a trapped gas (constant temperature, fixed amount)" · xAxis: {"label": "volume (L)", "range": [0, 12], "gridlines": true} · yAxis: {"label": "pressure (atm)", "range": [0, 12], "gridlines": true} · series: [{"points": [[1.0, 10.0], [2.0, 5.0], [4.0, 2.5], [5.0, 2.0], [10.0, 1.0]], "style": "smooth falling curve through marked data points"}] · style: "clean textbook graph; marked points readable against gridlines; no annotations that give away paired values"raw spec
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{
"value": 5.0,
"misconception": "you echoed the given pressure — the question asks for the PAIRED volume read off the curve",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 5.0 atm is the given pressure. Start at 5.0 atm on the pressure axis, move across to the curve, then down: 2.0 L."
},
{
"value": 10.0,
"misconception": "you read the volume where the pressure is 1.0 atm — check which pressure value the question names",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 10.0 L is the volume at 1.0 atm. At 5.0 atm the curve sits at 2.0 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Find 5.0 atm on the pressure axis, move straight across to the curve, then straight down to the volume axis: the volume reads 2.0 L.",
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{
"value": 5.0,
"misconception": "you echoed the given pressure — the question asks for the PAIRED volume read off the curve",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 5.0 atm is the given pressure. Start at 5.0 atm on the pressure axis, move across to the curve, then down: 2.0 L."
},
{
"value": 10.0,
"misconception": "you read the volume where the pressure is 1.0 atm — check which pressure value the question names",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 10.0 L is the volume at 1.0 atm. At 5.0 atm the curve sits at 2.0 L."
}
]
}
A portable gas canister is filled by compressing 9.0 L of gas at 2.0 atm into a 3.0 L space at constant temperature. What is the final pressure, in atmospheres? Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 6.0 atm KEY
also accepted: 6.0 atm
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"P₁ = 2.0 atm",
"V₁ = 9.0 L",
"V₂ = 3.0 L",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁ = P₂V₂",
"Make P₂ the subject:",
"P₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"P₂ = 2.0 × 9.0 / 3.0",
"P₂ = 6.0 atm"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 0.67,
"misconception": "you divided the small volume by the large one and multiplied — the pressure must RISE when the volume shrinks",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — squeezing 9.0 L into 3.0 L must RAISE the pressure. Make P₂ the subject: P₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂ = 2.0 × 9.0 / 3.0 = 6.0 atm."
},
{
"value": 8.0,
"misconception": "you added the volume drop to the pressure — Boyle's law multiplies and divides, it never adds",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — Boyle's law is a product rule, not a sum: P₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂ = 2.0 × 9.0 / 3.0 = 6.0 atm."
},
{
"value": 54.0,
"misconception": "you multiplied all three numbers together — divide P₁V₁ by the NEW volume",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the new volume instead of dividing by it: P₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂ = 2.0 × 9.0 / 3.0 = 6.0 atm."
}
]
feedback
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"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP₁ = 2.0 atm\nV₁ = 9.0 L\nV₂ = 3.0 L\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁ = P₂V₂\nMake P₂ the subject:\nP₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₂ = 2.0 × 9.0 / 3.0\nP₂ = 6.0 atm\nThe gas was squeezed into a third of its space, so the pressure must come out three times higher — 6.0 atm passes that check.",
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"value": 0.67,
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — squeezing 9.0 L into 3.0 L must RAISE the pressure. Make P₂ the subject: P₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂ = 2.0 × 9.0 / 3.0 = 6.0 atm."
},
{
"value": 8.0,
"misconception": "you added the volume drop to the pressure — Boyle's law multiplies and divides, it never adds",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — Boyle's law is a product rule, not a sum: P₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂ = 2.0 × 9.0 / 3.0 = 6.0 atm."
},
{
"value": 54.0,
"misconception": "you multiplied all three numbers together — divide P₁V₁ by the NEW volume",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the new volume instead of dividing by it: P₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂ = 2.0 × 9.0 / 3.0 = 6.0 atm."
}
]
}
Two identical flexible bags hold the same amount of gas at the same steady pressure. Bag A sits in a 10 °C cellar; bag B sits in a 40 °C attic. Which statement about their volumes is correct?
Two students explain why a sealed inflatable camping pillow is plumper in a warm tent than the same pillow was in a cold garage. Student 1: 'The warm particles hit the walls harder and more often, so the pillow grows until the pushes balance.' Student 2: 'The warm particles expand, so they need a bigger pillow.' Who is right?
Only student 1 — particles change speed, never size. KEY
Only student 2.
Both students, since the two accounts describe the same thing.
Neither student — the warmth relaxes the pillow's fabric, and the loosened fabric balloons outward on its own.
Read the graph at 230 K and at 460 K. What happens to the volume between those two temperatures?
FIGURE (line-graph · stimulus) — title: "Volume and kelvin temperature of a trapped gas (constant pressure, fixed amount)" · xAxis: {"label": "temperature (K)", "range": [0, 500], "gridlines": true} · yAxis: {"label": "volume (L)", "range": [0, 3.0], "gridlines": true} · series: [{"points": [[115, 0.65], [230, 1.3], [345, 1.95], [460, 2.6]], "style": "straight line through marked data points, with a dashed extension of the line back … · style: "clean textbook graph; marked points readable against gridlines; no annotations that give away paired values"raw spec
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It doubles, from 1.30 L to 2.60 L. KEY
It rises by 0.65 L, from 1.30 L to 1.95 L.
It quadruples, from 0.65 L to 2.60 L.
It stays at 1.30 L, because volume does not change along the line.
A gas sample now fills 7.0 L at 385 K. Earlier, at the same constant pressure, its temperature was 275 K. What volume did it fill then, in liters? Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 5.0 L KEY
also accepted: 5.0 L
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"V₂ = 7.0 L",
"T₂ = 385 K",
"T₁ = 275 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"V₁/T₁ = V₂/T₂",
"Make V₁ the subject:",
"V₁ = V₂T₁ / T₂",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₁ = 7.0 × 275 / 385",
"V₁ = 5.0 L"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 9.8,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — the gas was COLDER earlier, so it filled less space",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — at 275 K the gas must fill LESS than at 385 K: V₁ = 7.0 × 275 / 385 = 5.0 L."
},
{
"value": 7.0,
"misconception": "you left the volume unchanged — at constant pressure the volume tracks the kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the gas was colder at 275 K, so it filled less space then: V₁ = 7.0 × 275 / 385 = 5.0 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV₂ = 7.0 L\nT₂ = 385 K\nT₁ = 275 K\nWrite down the equation:\nV₁/T₁ = V₂/T₂\nMake V₁ the subject:\nV₁ = V₂T₁ / T₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₁ = 7.0 × 275 / 385\nV₁ = 5.0 L\nThe gas was colder earlier, so it must have filled less space — 5.0 L passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 9.8,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — the gas was COLDER earlier, so it filled less space",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — at 275 K the gas must fill LESS than at 385 K: V₁ = 7.0 × 275 / 385 = 5.0 L."
},
{
"value": 7.0,
"misconception": "you left the volume unchanged — at constant pressure the volume tracks the kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the gas was colder at 275 K, so it filled less space then: V₁ = 7.0 × 275 / 385 = 5.0 L."
}
]
}
Two identical sealed, rigid canisters hold the same amount of the same gas. Canister A sits in a 5 °C basement; canister B sits in a 35 °C attic. Which statement is correct?
The gas in canister B is at the higher pressure. KEY
A sealed, rigid tank of compressed gas reads 5.00 atm at 550 K. What was its pressure earlier in the day, when the tank was at 330 K? Give your answer in atm to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 3.0 atm KEY
also accepted: 3.00 atm
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"P₂ = 5.00 atm",
"T₂ = 550 K",
"T₁ = 330 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂",
"Make P₁ the subject:",
"P₁ = P₂T₁ / T₂",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"P₁ = 5.00 × 330 / 550",
"P₁ = 3.00 atm"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 8.33,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — the tank was COOLER earlier, so its pressure was lower",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — at 330 K the pressure must be LOWER than at 550 K: P₁ = 5.00 × 330 / 550 = 3.00 atm."
},
{
"value": 5.0,
"misconception": "you left the pressure unchanged — in a rigid tank the pressure tracks the kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the temperature fell from 550 K to 330 K, so the pressure fell too: P₁ = 5.00 × 330 / 550 = 3.00 atm."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP₂ = 5.00 atm\nT₂ = 550 K\nT₁ = 330 K\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂\nMake P₁ the subject:\nP₁ = P₂T₁ / T₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₁ = 5.00 × 330 / 550\nP₁ = 3.00 atm\nThe tank was cooler earlier, so its pressure had to be lower — 3.00 atm passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 8.33,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — the tank was COOLER earlier, so its pressure was lower",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — at 330 K the pressure must be LOWER than at 550 K: P₁ = 5.00 × 330 / 550 = 3.00 atm."
},
{
"value": 5.0,
"misconception": "you left the pressure unchanged — in a rigid tank the pressure tracks the kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the temperature fell from 550 K to 330 K, so the pressure fell too: P₁ = 5.00 × 330 / 550 = 3.00 atm."
}
]
}
GAS-030 · medium · application · seq 16 · seed:U9-G2.pool[44] (GAS-030 gateItems, James) - NOTA distractor REPLACED (recorded) · mcq4
A sealed oxygen cylinder in a hospital storeroom cools overnight as the heating switches off. Which gas law applies to the gas in the cylinder?
Gay-Lussac's law KEY
Boyle's law
Charles's law
No gas law applies, because all three quantities change.
GAS-020 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; P1 backward solve from the after-state) · numeric
A trapped gas now fills 4.0 L at 5.5 atm after being squeezed at constant temperature. Before the squeeze it filled 11.0 L. What was its pressure before, in atmospheres? Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 2.0 atm KEY
also accepted: 2.0 atm
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"P₂ = 5.5 atm",
"V₂ = 4.0 L",
"V₁ = 11.0 L",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁ = P₂V₂",
"Make P₁ the subject:",
"P₁ = P₂V₂ / V₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"P₁ = 5.5 × 4.0 / 11.0",
"P₁ = 2.0 atm"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 15.125,
"misconception": "you flipped the volume ratio — before the squeeze the gas filled MORE space, so its pressure was LOWER",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — before the squeeze the gas was at 11.0 L, so its pressure had to be lower than 5.5 atm: P₁ = P₂V₂ / V₁ = 5.5 × 4.0 / 11.0 = 2.0 atm."
},
{
"value": 5.5,
"misconception": "you echoed the after-pressure — the question asks for the pressure BEFORE the squeeze",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 5.5 atm is the pressure now. Before the squeeze: P₁ = 5.5 × 4.0 / 11.0 = 2.0 atm."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP₂ = 5.5 atm\nV₂ = 4.0 L\nV₁ = 11.0 L\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁ = P₂V₂\nMake P₁ the subject:\nP₁ = P₂V₂ / V₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₁ = 5.5 × 4.0 / 11.0\nP₁ = 2.0 atm\nThe gas started in more space, so its pressure had to start lower — 2.0 atm passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 15.125,
"misconception": "you flipped the volume ratio — before the squeeze the gas filled MORE space, so its pressure was LOWER",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — before the squeeze the gas was at 11.0 L, so its pressure had to be lower than 5.5 atm: P₁ = P₂V₂ / V₁ = 5.5 × 4.0 / 11.0 = 2.0 atm."
},
{
"value": 5.5,
"misconception": "you echoed the after-pressure — the question asks for the pressure BEFORE the squeeze",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 5.5 atm is the pressure now. Before the squeeze: P₁ = 5.5 × 4.0 / 11.0 = 2.0 atm."
}
]
}
GAS-030 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; gas-added case (fixed-amount condition broken)) · mcq4
Halfway through a slow, room-temperature squeeze of a cylinder of trapped gas, a technician opens a valve and pumps in extra gas. Which required condition of the gas laws does pumping in gas break?
A fixed amount of gas KEY
A constant temperature
A constant pressure
Kelvin temperatures — the workshop thermometer reads in Celsius
After a change, a sealed gas sample sits at 3.00 atm, 4.00 L, and 260 K. Before the change it was at 1.00 atm and 390 K. What volume did it occupy before? Give your answer in L to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 18.0 L KEY
also accepted: 18.0 L
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, labeling each value condition 1 (before) or condition 2 (after):",
"P₁ = 1.00 atm",
"T₁ = 390 K",
"P₂ = 3.00 atm",
"V₂ = 4.00 L",
"T₂ = 260 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂",
"Make V₁ the subject:",
"V₁ = P₂V₂T₁ / (P₁T₂)",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₁ = 3.00 × 4.00 × 390 / (1.00 × 260)",
"V₁ = 18.0 L"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 8.0,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — label each value as condition 1 or condition 2 before touching the equation",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — label the conditions first: the before-values are condition 1. V₁ = P₂V₂T₁ / (P₁T₂) = 3.00 × 4.00 × 390 / (1.00 × 260) = 18.0 L."
},
{
"value": 2.0,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — the sample was at LOWER pressure before, so it filled MORE space",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — before the change the gas was at only 1.00 atm, so it must have been LARGER than 4.00 L: V₁ = 3.00 × 4.00 × 390 / (1.00 × 260) = 18.0 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, labeling each value condition 1 (before) or condition 2 (after):\nP₁ = 1.00 atm\nT₁ = 390 K\nP₂ = 3.00 atm\nV₂ = 4.00 L\nT₂ = 260 K\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂\nMake V₁ the subject:\nV₁ = P₂V₂T₁ / (P₁T₂)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₁ = 3.00 × 4.00 × 390 / (1.00 × 260)\nV₁ = 18.0 L\nThe gas ended up squeezed to a higher pressure, so it must have started larger — 18.0 L passes that check.",
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{
"value": 8.0,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — label each value as condition 1 or condition 2 before touching the equation",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — label the conditions first: the before-values are condition 1. V₁ = P₂V₂T₁ / (P₁T₂) = 3.00 × 4.00 × 390 / (1.00 × 260) = 18.0 L."
},
{
"value": 2.0,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — the sample was at LOWER pressure before, so it filled MORE space",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — before the change the gas was at only 1.00 atm, so it must have been LARGER than 4.00 L: V₁ = 3.00 × 4.00 × 390 / (1.00 × 260) = 18.0 L."
}
]
}
A sealed sample of gas at 3.4 atm holds 6.0 L at 380 K. It is squeezed to 2.0 L and cooled to 190 K. What is its pressure then, in atmospheres? Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 5.1 atm KEY
also accepted: 5.1 atm
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"P₁ = 3.4 atm",
"V₁ = 6.0 L",
"T₁ = 380 K",
"V₂ = 2.0 L",
"T₂ = 190 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂",
"Make P₂ the subject:",
"P₂ = P₁V₁T₂ / (V₂T₁)",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"P₂ = 3.4 × 6.0 × 190 / (2.0 × 380)",
"P₂ = 5.1 atm"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 10.2,
"misconception": "you solved Boyle's law only — the halved kelvin temperature must multiply in",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the squeeze alone would triple the pressure to 10.2 atm, but the halved temperature pulls it back: P₂ = 3.4 × 6.0 × 190 / (2.0 × 380) = 5.1 atm."
},
{
"value": 20.4,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — a colder gas pushes less, not more",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the temperature ratio is upside down: P₂ = 3.4 × 6.0 × 190 / (2.0 × 380) = 5.1 atm."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP₁ = 3.4 atm\nV₁ = 6.0 L\nT₁ = 380 K\nV₂ = 2.0 L\nT₂ = 190 K\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂\nMake P₂ the subject:\nP₂ = P₁V₁T₂ / (V₂T₁)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₂ = 3.4 × 6.0 × 190 / (2.0 × 380)\nP₂ = 5.1 atm\nThe squeeze raises the pressure and the cooling lowers it — 5.1 atm sits between the two pulls, as it should.",
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{
"value": 10.2,
"misconception": "you solved Boyle's law only — the halved kelvin temperature must multiply in",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the squeeze alone would triple the pressure to 10.2 atm, but the halved temperature pulls it back: P₂ = 3.4 × 6.0 × 190 / (2.0 × 380) = 5.1 atm."
},
{
"value": 20.4,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — a colder gas pushes less, not more",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the temperature ratio is upside down: P₂ = 3.4 × 6.0 × 190 / (2.0 × 380) = 5.1 atm."
}
]
}
A flexible sealed bag holds 6.4 L of gas at 67 °C. At steady surrounding pressure it is warmed until it holds 8.0 L.
A flexible sealed bag holds 6.4 L of gas at 67 °C. At steady surrounding pressure it is warmed until it holds 8.0 L.
(a) Convert the starting temperature to kelvin, showing the arithmetic.
(b) Using Charles's law, calculate the new temperature in kelvin. Show every step of your calculation.
(c) Check the direction of your answer in words: say which way the temperature must have moved for the bag to grow at steady pressure, and whether your answer passes.
Part a. Convert the starting temperature to kelvin, showing the arithmetic.
Model: T1 = 67 + 273 = 340 K
Part b. Using Charles's law, calculate the new temperature in kelvin. Show every step of your calculation.
Model: V1 = 6.4 L, T1 = 340 K, V2 = 8.0 L
V1/T1 = V2/T2
T2 = T1 x V2 / V1
T2 = 340 x 8.0 / 6.4
T2 = 425 K
Part c. Check the direction of your answer in words: say which way the temperature must have moved for the bag to grow at steady pressure, and whether your answer passes.
Model: The bag grew at steady pressure, so the temperature must have risen — 425 K is above 340 K, so the answer passes the check.
Full model answer. (a) T1 = 67 + 273 = 340 K
(b) V1 = 6.4 L, T1 = 340 K, V2 = 8.0 L
V1/T1 = V2/T2
T2 = T1 x V2 / V1
T2 = 340 x 8.0 / 6.4
T2 = 425 K
(c) The bag grew at steady pressure, so the temperature must have risen — 425 K is above 340 K, so the answer passes the check.
GAS-032 · hard · transfer · seq 22 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh FRQ instance; T_2 solve, kelvin given (no-conversion case made explicit)) · frq
A sealed gas sample starts at 0.84 atm in 5.0 L at 230 K. A compressor squeezes it to 2.0 L, and its pressure rises to 4.2 atm.
A sealed gas sample starts at 0.84 atm in 5.0 L at 230 K. A compressor squeezes it to 2.0 L, and its pressure rises to 4.2 atm.
(a) Label every value as condition 1 (before) or condition 2 (after). The temperatures here are already kelvin — say why no conversion step is needed.
(b) Using the combined gas law, calculate the gas's final kelvin temperature. Show every step of your calculation.
(c) Check the direction in words: the pressure-volume product grew — what must that mean for the kelvin temperature, and does your answer pass?
Part a. Label every value as condition 1 (before) or condition 2 (after). The temperatures here are already kelvin — say why no conversion step is needed.
Model: Condition 1 (before): P_1 = 0.84 atm, V_1 = 5.0 L, T_1 = 230 K
Condition 2 (after): P_2 = 4.2 atm, V_2 = 2.0 L
The temperature is already in kelvin, so no conversion is needed before the working.
Part b. Using the combined gas law, calculate the gas's final kelvin temperature. Show every step of your calculation.
Model: (P_1 x V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 x V_2)/T_2
T2 = T_1 x P_2 x V_2 / (P_1 x V_1)
T_2 = 230 x 4.2 x 2.0 / (0.84 x 5.0)
T2 = 460 K
Part c. Check the direction in words: the pressure-volume product grew — what must that mean for the kelvin temperature, and does your answer pass?
Model: P x V went from 0.84 x 5.0 = 4.2 to 4.2 x 2.0 = 8.4 — it doubled — so the kelvin temperature must double too: 460 K is exactly 2 x 230 K, and the answer passes.
Full model answer. (a) Condition 1 (before): P_1 = 0.84 atm, V_1 = 5.0 L, T_1 = 230 K
Condition 2 (after): P_2 = 4.2 atm, V_2 = 2.0 L
The temperature is already in kelvin, so no conversion is needed before the working.
(b) (P_1 x V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 x V_2)/T_2
T2 = T_1 x P_2 x V_2 / (P_1 x V_1)
T_2 = 230 x 4.2 x 2.0 / (0.84 x 5.0)
T2 = 460 K
(c) P x V went from 0.84 x 5.0 = 4.2 to 4.2 x 2.0 = 8.4 — it doubled — so the kelvin temperature must double too: 460 K is exactly 2 x 230 K, and the answer passes.
A rigid, sealed argon flask on a sunlit shelf slowly warms. Write the equation that compares its pressure at the two temperatures, using P₁, T₁, P₂, and T₂.
A student says: 'If you give a trapped gas twice the space at the same temperature, its pressure goes up, because the gas has more room to push in.' What actually happens to the pressure?
Two rigid boxes hold the same number of identical gas particles at the same temperature. Box B has half the volume of box A. In particle terms, why is the pressure in box B higher?
In box B each particle reaches a wall sooner, so the walls are hit more often. KEY
The particles in box B move faster because they are closer together.
Box B holds more particles per collision, so each collision delivers a double hit.
The pressure is actually the same, because both boxes hold the same number of particles.
The graph shows pressure against volume for a trapped gas at constant temperature. Read the pressure, in atmospheres, when the volume is 4.0 L. Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
FIGURE (line-graph · stimulus) — title: "Pressure and volume of a trapped gas (constant temperature, fixed amount)" · xAxis: {"label": "volume (L)", "range": [0, 10], "gridlines": true} · yAxis: {"label": "pressure (atm)", "range": [0, 10], "gridlines": true} · series: [{"points": [[1.0, 8.0], [2.0, 4.0], [4.0, 2.0], [8.0, 1.0]], "style": "smooth falling curve through marked data points"}] · style: "clean textbook graph; marked points readable against gridlines; no annotations that give away paired values"raw spec
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Answer: 2.0 atm KEY
also accepted: 2.0 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 4.0,
"misconception": "you echoed the given volume — the question asks for the PAIRED pressure read off the curve",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 4.0 is the given volume. Start at 4.0 L, move up to the curve, then across: the pressure reads 2.0 atm."
},
{
"value": 1.0,
"misconception": "you read the curve at 8.0 L instead of 4.0 L — check which volume the question names",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 1.0 atm is the curve's pressure at 8.0 L. At 4.0 L the curve sits at 2.0 atm."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Start at 4.0 L on the volume axis, move straight up to the curve, then straight across to the pressure axis — the pressure reads 2.0 atm.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 4.0,
"misconception": "you echoed the given volume — the question asks for the PAIRED pressure read off the curve",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 4.0 is the given volume. Start at 4.0 L, move up to the curve, then across: the pressure reads 2.0 atm."
},
{
"value": 1.0,
"misconception": "you read the curve at 8.0 L instead of 4.0 L — check which volume the question names",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 1.0 atm is the curve's pressure at 8.0 L. At 4.0 L the curve sits at 2.0 atm."
}
]
}
GAS-020 · medium · application · seq 8 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; kPa pair (same unit both sides, no conversion); P2 solve) · numeric
A trapped gas at 96 kPa fills 6.0 L. It is squeezed to 4.0 L at constant temperature. What is the new pressure, in kilopascals? Give your answer as a whole number.
Answer: 144 kPa KEY
also accepted: 144 kPa, 144.
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"P₁ = 96 kPa",
"V₁ = 6.0 L",
"V₂ = 4.0 L",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁ = P₂V₂",
"Make P₂ the subject:",
"P₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"P₂ = 96 × 6.0 / 4.0",
"P₂ = 144 kPa"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 64,
"misconception": "you flipped the volume ratio — squeezing the gas must RAISE the pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the volume shrank, so the pressure must rise above 96 kPa: P₂ = 96 × 6.0 / 4.0 = 144 kPa."
},
{
"value": 98,
"misconception": "you added the volume drop to the pressure — Boyle's law multiplies and divides, it never adds",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — Boyle's law is a product rule: P₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂ = 96 × 6.0 / 4.0 = 144 kPa."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP₁ = 96 kPa\nV₁ = 6.0 L\nV₂ = 4.0 L\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁ = P₂V₂\nMake P₂ the subject:\nP₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₂ = 96 × 6.0 / 4.0\nP₂ = 144 kPa\nThe volume went down, so the pressure must come out higher — 144 kPa passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 64,
"misconception": "you flipped the volume ratio — squeezing the gas must RAISE the pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the volume shrank, so the pressure must rise above 96 kPa: P₂ = 96 × 6.0 / 4.0 = 144 kPa."
},
{
"value": 98,
"misconception": "you added the volume drop to the pressure — Boyle's law multiplies and divides, it never adds",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — Boyle's law is a product rule: P₂ = P₁V₁ / V₂ = 96 × 6.0 / 4.0 = 144 kPa."
}
]
}
A student says: 'Cooling a gas in a flexible container at steady pressure makes it take up more room, because cold gas is heavier and spreads out.' What actually happens to the volume?
A gas in a free-piston cylinder is heated at steady pressure and settles at a larger volume. Compare the gas's push on the piston BEFORE heating and AFTER it has settled.
The push is the same in both states — it matches the steady outside pressure both times. KEY
The push is stronger after, because the particles are moving faster.
The push is weaker after, because the gas is spread more thinly.
The push after cannot be predicted without knowing which gas is in the cylinder.
Part of the line on the graph is drawn dashed, below the coldest measured point. What does the dashed section mean?
FIGURE (line-graph · stimulus) — title: "Volume and kelvin temperature of a trapped gas (constant pressure, fixed amount)" · xAxis: {"label": "temperature (K)", "range": [0, 500], "gridlines": true} · yAxis: {"label": "volume (L)", "range": [0, 2.0], "gridlines": true} · series: [{"points": [[120, 0.42], [230, 0.805], [340, 1.19], [450, 1.575]], "style": "straight line through marked data points, with a dashed extension of the line b… · style: "clean textbook graph; marked points readable against gridlines; no annotations that give away paired values"raw spec
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It is a prediction, not a measurement — every real gas condenses to a liquid before it gets that cold. KEY
It marks readings that were taken with less accurate equipment, so they are drawn less confidently than the rest.
It marks the range where the gas's volume stops changing with temperature.
It shows the gas switching to a different gas law at low temperature.
A flexible sealed container holds 2.5 L of gas at 42 °C. It is warmed to 105 °C at constant pressure. What is its new volume, in liters? Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 3.0 L KEY
also accepted: 3.0 L
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:",
"V₁ = 2.5 L",
"T₁ = 42 + 273 = 315 K",
"T₂ = 105 + 273 = 378 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"V₁/T₁ = V₂/T₂",
"Make V₂ the subject:",
"V₂ = V₁T₂ / T₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₂ = 2.5 × 378 / 315",
"V₂ = 3.0 L"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 6.25,
"misconception": "you used the Celsius values directly — convert every temperature to kelvin first",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you ran the ratio on the Celsius numbers. Convert first: 42 °C = 315 K and 105 °C = 378 K, then V₂ = 2.5 × 378 / 315 = 3.0 L."
},
{
"value": 2.08,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — warming at steady pressure must GROW the volume",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the temperature ratio is upside down; warming must grow the volume: V₂ = V₁T₂ / T₁ = 2.5 × 378 / 315 = 3.0 L."
},
{
"value": 2.5,
"misconception": "you left the volume unchanged — at constant pressure the volume tracks the kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — at constant pressure the volume tracks the kelvin temperature: V₂ = 2.5 × 378 / 315 = 3.0 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:\nV₁ = 2.5 L\nT₁ = 42 + 273 = 315 K\nT₂ = 105 + 273 = 378 K\nWrite down the equation:\nV₁/T₁ = V₂/T₂\nMake V₂ the subject:\nV₂ = V₁T₂ / T₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₂ = 2.5 × 378 / 315\nV₂ = 3.0 L\nThe gas warmed, so at steady pressure it must come out larger than 2.5 L — 3.0 L passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 6.25,
"misconception": "you used the Celsius values directly — convert every temperature to kelvin first",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you ran the ratio on the Celsius numbers. Convert first: 42 °C = 315 K and 105 °C = 378 K, then V₂ = 2.5 × 378 / 315 = 3.0 L."
},
{
"value": 2.08,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — warming at steady pressure must GROW the volume",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the temperature ratio is upside down; warming must grow the volume: V₂ = V₁T₂ / T₁ = 2.5 × 378 / 315 = 3.0 L."
},
{
"value": 2.5,
"misconception": "you left the volume unchanged — at constant pressure the volume tracks the kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — at constant pressure the volume tracks the kelvin temperature: V₂ = 2.5 × 378 / 315 = 3.0 L."
}
]
}
A sealed, rigid gas cylinder stored outdoors is at 0.800 atm at −73 °C. By midday it has warmed to 32 °C. What is the new pressure? Give your answer in atm to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 1.22 atm KEY
also accepted: 1.22 atm
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:",
"P₁ = 0.800 atm",
"T₁ = −73 + 273 = 200 K",
"T₂ = 32 + 273 = 305 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂",
"Make P₂ the subject:",
"P₂ = P₁T₂ / T₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"P₂ = 0.800 × 305 / 200",
"P₂ = 1.22 atm"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": -0.351,
"misconception": "you left the temperatures in Celsius — a negative pressure is impossible; convert with K = °C + 273 first",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — a negative pressure is impossible, which signals Celsius values in the ratio. Convert first: −73 °C = 200 K, 32 °C = 305 K, then P₂ = 0.800 × 305 / 200 = 1.22 atm."
},
{
"value": 0.525,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — warming a sealed, rigid cylinder must RAISE the pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the cylinder warmed, so the pressure must rise above 0.800 atm: P₂ = 0.800 × 305 / 200 = 1.22 atm."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:\nP₁ = 0.800 atm\nT₁ = −73 + 273 = 200 K\nT₂ = 32 + 273 = 305 K\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂\nMake P₂ the subject:\nP₂ = P₁T₂ / T₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₂ = 0.800 × 305 / 200\nP₂ = 1.22 atm\nThe cylinder warmed, so the pressure must come out above 0.800 atm — 1.22 atm passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": -0.351,
"misconception": "you left the temperatures in Celsius — a negative pressure is impossible; convert with K = °C + 273 first",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — a negative pressure is impossible, which signals Celsius values in the ratio. Convert first: −73 °C = 200 K, 32 °C = 305 K, then P₂ = 0.800 × 305 / 200 = 1.22 atm."
},
{
"value": 0.525,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — warming a sealed, rigid cylinder must RAISE the pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the cylinder warmed, so the pressure must rise above 0.800 atm: P₂ = 0.800 × 305 / 200 = 1.22 atm."
}
]
}
GAS-030 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; Charles case (flexible-container cue); completes the three law keys across the row) · mcq4
A sealed party balloon travels from a chilly porch into a warm kitchen. Its skin flexes freely, so the gas inside stays at the steady surrounding pressure of the room. Which gas law applies to the trapped gas?
Charles's law KEY
Boyle's law
Gay-Lussac's law
No gas law applies, because the container's size changes.
GAS-020 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; V1 backward solve in mL (same unit both sides)) · numeric
A trapped gas sample measures 640 mL at 3.75 atm after being squeezed at constant temperature. Before the squeeze its pressure was 3.0 atm. What volume did it fill then, in milliliters? Give your answer as a whole number.
Answer: 800 mL KEY
also accepted: 800., 800 mL
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"V₂ = 640 mL",
"P₂ = 3.75 atm",
"P₁ = 3.0 atm",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁ = P₂V₂",
"Make V₁ the subject:",
"V₁ = P₂V₂ / P₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₁ = 3.75 × 640 / 3.0",
"V₁ = 800 mL"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 512,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — the earlier pressure was LOWER, so the earlier volume was LARGER",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — at the lower earlier pressure the gas filled MORE space: V₁ = P₂V₂ / P₁ = 3.75 × 640 / 3.0 = 800 mL."
},
{
"value": 640,
"misconception": "you echoed the current volume — the question asks for the volume BEFORE the squeeze",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 640 mL is the volume now. Before: V₁ = 3.75 × 640 / 3.0 = 800 mL."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV₂ = 640 mL\nP₂ = 3.75 atm\nP₁ = 3.0 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁ = P₂V₂\nMake V₁ the subject:\nV₁ = P₂V₂ / P₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₁ = 3.75 × 640 / 3.0\nV₁ = 800 mL\nThe gas was at a lower pressure before, so it filled more space — 800 mL passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 512,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — the earlier pressure was LOWER, so the earlier volume was LARGER",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — at the lower earlier pressure the gas filled MORE space: V₁ = P₂V₂ / P₁ = 3.75 × 640 / 3.0 = 800 mL."
},
{
"value": 640,
"misconception": "you echoed the current volume — the question asks for the volume BEFORE the squeeze",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 640 mL is the volume now. Before: V₁ = 3.75 × 640 / 3.0 = 800 mL."
}
]
}
GAS-030 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; wrong-law-application case (rigid-wall requirement)) · mcq4
A student tries to use Gay-Lussac's law on the gas in a sealed party balloon as it warms, arguing 'the volume is constant because the balloon stays roughly the same size.' Which required condition of Gay-Lussac's law does the balloon actually break?
A constant volume — the flexible skin lets the gas expand as it warms. KEY
A fixed amount of gas — balloons always leak a little.
Kelvin temperatures — balloon problems are usually given in Celsius.
A constant temperature — the balloon is warming.
GAS-032 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; V2 solve, two Celsius conversions incl. a negative) · numeric
A flexible sealed pouch holds 4.4 L of gas at 1.44 atm and 57 °C. It is moved to a chamber at 0.72 atm and −33 °C. What is its volume there, in liters? Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 6.4 L KEY
also accepted: 6.4 L
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:",
"P₁ = 1.44 atm",
"V₁ = 4.4 L",
"T₁ = 57 + 273 = 330 K",
"P₂ = 0.72 atm",
"T₂ = −33 + 273 = 240 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂",
"Make V₂ the subject:",
"V₂ = P₁V₁T₂ / (P₂T₁)",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₂ = 1.44 × 4.4 × 240 / (0.72 × 330)",
"V₂ = 6.4 L"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": -5.1,
"misconception": "you left the temperatures in Celsius — a negative volume is impossible; convert both with K = °C + 273 first",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — a negative volume is impossible, which signals Celsius in the ratio. Convert first: 57 °C = 330 K and −33 °C = 240 K, then V₂ = 1.44 × 4.4 × 240 / (0.72 × 330) = 6.4 L."
},
{
"value": 8.8,
"misconception": "you solved Boyle's law only — the cooling must pull the volume back below the pressure-only answer",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — halving the pressure alone would give 8.8 L, but the temperature ratio must multiply in: V₂ = 1.44 × 4.4 × 240 / (0.72 × 330) = 6.4 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:\nP₁ = 1.44 atm\nV₁ = 4.4 L\nT₁ = 57 + 273 = 330 K\nP₂ = 0.72 atm\nT₂ = −33 + 273 = 240 K\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂\nMake V₂ the subject:\nV₂ = P₁V₁T₂ / (P₂T₁)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₂ = 1.44 × 4.4 × 240 / (0.72 × 330)\nV₂ = 6.4 L\nThe halved pressure would double the volume, and the cooling pulls it back — 6.4 L fits both effects.",
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{
"value": -5.1,
"misconception": "you left the temperatures in Celsius — a negative volume is impossible; convert both with K = °C + 273 first",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — a negative volume is impossible, which signals Celsius in the ratio. Convert first: 57 °C = 330 K and −33 °C = 240 K, then V₂ = 1.44 × 4.4 × 240 / (0.72 × 330) = 6.4 L."
},
{
"value": 8.8,
"misconception": "you solved Boyle's law only — the cooling must pull the volume back below the pressure-only answer",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — halving the pressure alone would give 8.8 L, but the temperature ratio must multiply in: V₂ = 1.44 × 4.4 × 240 / (0.72 × 330) = 6.4 L."
}
]
}
GAS-032 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; T2 solve with a Celsius trap) · numeric
A flexible sealed bladder holds 2.0 L of gas at 3.8 atm and 37 °C. It expands to 6.0 L while its pressure falls to 1.9 atm. What is its kelvin temperature then? Give your answer as a whole number.
Answer: 465 K KEY
also accepted: 465., 465 K
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:",
"P₁ = 3.8 atm",
"V₁ = 2.0 L",
"T₁ = 37 + 273 = 310 K",
"P₂ = 1.9 atm",
"V₂ = 6.0 L",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂",
"Make T₂ the subject:",
"T₂ = T₁P₂V₂ / (P₁V₁)",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"T₂ = 310 × 1.9 × 6.0 / (3.8 × 2.0)",
"T₂ = 465 K"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 55.5,
"misconception": "you ran the ratio on the Celsius value — convert 37 °C to kelvin before anything else",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — convert first: 37 °C = 310 K. Then T₂ = T₁P₂V₂ / (P₁V₁) = 310 × 1.9 × 6.0 / (3.8 × 2.0) = 465 K."
},
{
"value": 207,
"misconception": "you flipped the combined ratio — solve for T₂ by multiplying T₁ by the CONDITION-2 product over the condition-1 product",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — T₂ = T₁ × P₂V₂ / (P₁V₁) = 310 × 1.9 × 6.0 / (3.8 × 2.0) = 465 K."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:\nP₁ = 3.8 atm\nV₁ = 2.0 L\nT₁ = 37 + 273 = 310 K\nP₂ = 1.9 atm\nV₂ = 6.0 L\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂\nMake T₂ the subject:\nT₂ = T₁P₂V₂ / (P₁V₁)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nT₂ = 310 × 1.9 × 6.0 / (3.8 × 2.0)\nT₂ = 465 K\nThe tripled volume outweighs the halved pressure, so the gas must be hotter — 465 K passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 55.5,
"misconception": "you ran the ratio on the Celsius value — convert 37 °C to kelvin before anything else",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — convert first: 37 °C = 310 K. Then T₂ = T₁P₂V₂ / (P₁V₁) = 310 × 1.9 × 6.0 / (3.8 × 2.0) = 465 K."
},
{
"value": 207,
"misconception": "you flipped the combined ratio — solve for T₂ by multiplying T₁ by the CONDITION-2 product over the condition-1 product",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — T₂ = T₁ × P₂V₂ / (P₁V₁) = 310 × 1.9 × 6.0 / (3.8 × 2.0) = 465 K."
}
]
}
GAS-025 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh FRQ instance; T2 solve with a Celsius round trip both ways (the taught GAS-014 pairing)) · frq
A flexible sealed reservoir holds 4.6 L of gas at 187 °C. At steady pressure it is cooled until it holds only 2.3 L.
A flexible sealed reservoir holds 4.6 L of gas at 187 °C. At steady pressure it is cooled until it holds only 2.3 L.
(a) Convert the starting temperature to kelvin, showing the arithmetic.
(b) Using Charles's law, calculate the final temperature. Show every step of your calculation, then convert your kelvin result back to degrees Celsius.
(c) Check the direction in words: which way must the temperature move for the gas to shrink at steady pressure, and does your answer pass?
Part a. Convert the starting temperature to kelvin, showing the arithmetic.
Model: T1 = 187 + 273 = 460 K
Part b. Using Charles's law, calculate the final temperature. Show every step of your calculation, then convert your kelvin result back to degrees Celsius.
Model: V1 = 4.6 L, T1 = 460 K, V2 = 2.3 L
V1/T1 = V2/T2
T2 = T1 x V2 / V1
T2 = 460 x 2.3 / 4.6
T2 = 230 K
Converted back to Celsius: 230 − 273 = −43 °C
Part c. Check the direction in words: which way must the temperature move for the gas to shrink at steady pressure, and does your answer pass?
Model: The gas shrank at steady pressure, so its temperature must have fallen — 230 K is far below 460 K, so the answer passes the check.
Full model answer. (a) T1 = 187 + 273 = 460 K
(b) V1 = 4.6 L, T1 = 460 K, V2 = 2.3 L
V1/T1 = V2/T2
T2 = T1 x V2 / V1
T2 = 460 x 2.3 / 4.6
T2 = 230 K
Converted back to Celsius: 230 − 273 = −43 °C
(c) The gas shrank at steady pressure, so its temperature must have fallen — 230 K is far below 460 K, so the answer passes the check.
GAS-032 · hard · transfer · seq 22 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh FRQ instance; constant-quantity case (V both sides; the register statement's synthesis intent)) · frq
A rigid, sealed 3.0 L tank of gas sits at 1.25 atm at 117 °C. Overnight it cools to −78 °C.
A rigid, sealed 3.0 L tank of gas sits at 1.25 atm at 117 °C. Overnight it cools to −78 °C.
(a) Convert both temperatures to kelvin, showing the arithmetic, and state what value the volume takes at EACH condition.
(b) Using the combined gas law with the volume entered on both sides, calculate the new pressure in atmospheres. Show every step of your calculation.
(c) Explain in words why the 3.0 L may be entered on both sides, and what cancels when it is.
Part a. Convert both temperatures to kelvin, showing the arithmetic, and state what value the volume takes at EACH condition.
Model: T_1 = 117 + 273 = 390 K
T2 = −78 + 273 = 195 K
The tank is rigid, so the volume is 3.0 L at both conditions: V_1 = V_2 = 3.0 L.
Part b. Using the combined gas law with the volume entered on both sides, calculate the new pressure in atmospheres. Show every step of your calculation.
Model: (P_1 x V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 x V_2)/T_2
The equal volumes cancel: P_2 = P_1 x T_2 / T_1
P_2 = 1.25 x 195 / 390
P_2 = 0.625 atm
Part c. Explain in words why the 3.0 L may be entered on both sides, and what cancels when it is.
Model: The problem holds the volume constant, so the same 3.0 L is entered on both sides — the equation still works, and the equal volumes cancel, leaving P_1/T_1 = P_2/T_2. The kelvin temperature halved, so the pressure halves to 0.625 atm.
Full model answer. (a) T_1 = 117 + 273 = 390 K
T2 = −78 + 273 = 195 K
The tank is rigid, so the volume is 3.0 L at both conditions: V_1 = V_2 = 3.0 L.
(b) (P_1 x V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 x V_2)/T_2
The equal volumes cancel: P_2 = P_1 x T_2 / T_1
P_2 = 1.25 x 195 / 390
P_2 = 0.625 atm
(c) The problem holds the volume constant, so the same 3.0 L is entered on both sides — the equation still works, and the equal volumes cancel, leaving P_1/T_1 = P_2/T_2. The kelvin temperature halved, so the pressure halves to 0.625 atm.
The gas sealed inside a rigid metal sphere cools overnight in a laboratory. Write the equation that compares the gas's pressure at the evening and morning temperatures, using P₁, T₁, P₂, and T₂.
{
"keyExplanation": "A sealed, rigid sphere keeps the amount and the volume fixed, so the pressure tracks the kelvin temperature by Gay-Lussac's law: P₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂."
}
GAS-031 · easy · recall · seq 4 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; V-cancel reduction (completes the three cancellations across the row)) · mcq4
A gas is heated in a sealed, rigid tank, so its volume cannot change. Starting from the combined gas law, which equation is left after V₁ = V₂ cancels?
P₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂ KEY
P₁V₁ = P₂V₂
V₁/T₁ = V₂/T₂
P₁T₁ = P₂T₂
GAS-016 · medium · application · seq 5 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; forward direction case, volume up -> pressure down) · mcq4
A sealed elastic bladder of gas is gently stretched so the gas gets more room, while its temperature stays constant. What happens to the pressure of the trapped gas?
It decreases. KEY
It increases.
It stays the same.
It drops to zero.
GAS-017 · medium · application · seq 6 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; forward mechanism case (squeeze -> more frequent hits)) · mcq4
A sealed flexible pack is squeezed until the gas inside fills only one-third of its old space, at constant temperature. In particle terms, why does the pressure rise?
Each particle crosses the smaller space sooner, so the walls are hit more often. KEY
The particles speed up as the space shrinks.
The particles are pressed together until they push on each other instead of the walls.
More particles crowd near the walls, making each collision harder.
The graph shows pressure against volume for a trapped gas at constant temperature. Read the volume, in liters, at which the pressure is 6.0 atm. Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
FIGURE (line-graph · stimulus) — title: "Pressure and volume of a trapped gas (constant temperature, fixed amount)" · xAxis: {"label": "volume (L)", "range": [0, 12], "gridlines": true} · yAxis: {"label": "pressure (atm)", "range": [0, 12], "gridlines": true} · series: [{"points": [[2.0, 6.0], [3.0, 4.0], [4.0, 3.0], [6.0, 2.0], [12.0, 1.0]], "style": "smooth falling curve through marked data points"}] · style: "clean textbook graph; marked points readable against gridlines; no annotations that give away paired values"raw spec
[
{
"value": 6.0,
"misconception": "you echoed the given pressure — the question asks for the PAIRED volume read off the curve",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 6.0 atm is the given pressure. Start at 6.0 atm, move across to the curve, then down: the volume reads 2.0 L."
},
{
"value": 3.0,
"misconception": "you read the volume where the pressure is 4.0 atm — check which pressure value the question names",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 3.0 L pairs with 4.0 atm on this curve. At 6.0 atm the volume reads 2.0 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Start at 6.0 atm on the pressure axis, move straight across to the curve, then straight down to the volume axis — the volume reads 2.0 L.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 6.0,
"misconception": "you echoed the given pressure — the question asks for the PAIRED volume read off the curve",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 6.0 atm is the given pressure. Start at 6.0 atm, move across to the curve, then down: the volume reads 2.0 L."
},
{
"value": 3.0,
"misconception": "you read the volume where the pressure is 4.0 atm — check which pressure value the question names",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 3.0 L pairs with 4.0 atm on this curve. At 6.0 atm the volume reads 2.0 L."
}
]
}
GAS-020 · medium · application · seq 8 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; V2 solve, mL both sides (matching units cancel)) · numeric
A sealed sampling chamber with a movable plunger holds 7.5 mL of gas at 0.88 atm. The plunger is pushed in until the pressure reads 3.0 atm, at constant temperature. What volume does the gas fill now, in milliliters? Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 2.2 mL KEY
also accepted: 2.2 mL
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"P₁ = 0.88 atm",
"V₁ = 7.5 mL",
"P₂ = 3.0 atm",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁ = P₂V₂",
"Make V₂ the subject:",
"V₂ = P₁V₁ / P₂",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₂ = 0.88 × 7.5 / 3.0",
"V₂ = 2.2 mL"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 25.6,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — a higher pressure means the gas was squeezed into LESS space",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the pressure rose, so the volume must shrink below 7.5 mL: V₂ = P₁V₁ / P₂ = 0.88 × 7.5 / 3.0 = 2.2 mL."
},
{
"value": 7.5,
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 7.5 mL is the starting volume. After the push: V₂ = 0.88 × 7.5 / 3.0 = 2.2 mL."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP₁ = 0.88 atm\nV₁ = 7.5 mL\nP₂ = 3.0 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁ = P₂V₂\nMake V₂ the subject:\nV₂ = P₁V₁ / P₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₂ = 0.88 × 7.5 / 3.0\nV₂ = 2.2 mL\nThe pressure went up, so the volume must come out smaller — 2.2 mL passes that check.",
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{
"value": 25.6,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — a higher pressure means the gas was squeezed into LESS space",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the pressure rose, so the volume must shrink below 7.5 mL: V₂ = P₁V₁ / P₂ = 0.88 × 7.5 / 3.0 = 2.2 mL."
},
{
"value": 7.5,
"misconception": "you left the volume unchanged — at constant temperature a pressure rise must squeeze the gas smaller",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 7.5 mL is the starting volume. After the push: V₂ = 0.88 × 7.5 / 3.0 = 2.2 mL."
}
]
}
A sealed flexible pouch of gas rests in a warm greenhouse, and the pressure around it stays steady while it warms. What happens to the volume of the trapped gas?
Read the graph at 220 K and at 440 K. What happens to the volume of the trapped gas between those two temperatures?
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It doubles, from 1.10 L to 2.20 L. KEY
It rises, but by less and less for each equal temperature step.
It quadruples, from 0.55 L to 2.20 L.
It stays near 1.10 L, because volume levels off at high temperature.
GAS-025 · medium · application · seq 12 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; T2 solve, kelvin given (no conversion case)) · numeric
A flexible sealed pouch holds 4.5 L of gas at 240 K. At constant pressure it is warmed until it holds 6.0 L. What is its new temperature, in kelvin? Give your answer as a whole number.
Answer: 320 K KEY
also accepted: 320., 320 K
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"V₁ = 4.5 L",
"T₁ = 240 K",
"V₂ = 6.0 L",
"Write down the equation:",
"V₁/T₁ = V₂/T₂",
"Make T₂ the subject:",
"T₂ = T₁V₂ / V₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"T₂ = 240 × 6.0 / 4.5",
"T₂ = 320 K"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 180,
"misconception": "you flipped the volume ratio — a larger volume at constant pressure needs a HIGHER kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the pouch grew, so the temperature must rise above 240 K: T₂ = T₁V₂ / V₁ = 240 × 6.0 / 4.5 = 320 K."
},
{
"value": 47,
"misconception": "you converted a kelvin answer to Celsius — the question asks for kelvin",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — no conversion is needed here; the temperatures are already kelvin: T₂ = 240 × 6.0 / 4.5 = 320 K."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV₁ = 4.5 L\nT₁ = 240 K\nV₂ = 6.0 L\nWrite down the equation:\nV₁/T₁ = V₂/T₂\nMake T₂ the subject:\nT₂ = T₁V₂ / V₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nT₂ = 240 × 6.0 / 4.5\nT₂ = 320 K\nThe pouch grew, so the temperature must come out above 240 K — 320 K passes that check.",
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{
"value": 180,
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},
{
"value": 47,
"misconception": "you converted a kelvin answer to Celsius — the question asks for kelvin",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — no conversion is needed here; the temperatures are already kelvin: T₂ = 240 × 6.0 / 4.5 = 320 K."
}
]
}
GAS-026 · medium · application · seq 13 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; forward direction case (heated rigid vessel)) · mcq4
A rigid, sealed metal vessel of gas is run through a hot dishwasher cycle. Its walls cannot flex. What happens to the pressure of the gas inside?
It increases. KEY
It decreases.
It stays the same, because the vessel's volume is fixed.
A sealed, rigid metal sphere of gas sits in direct summer sunlight and warms through the day. Using the particle model, why does the pressure inside rise?
The warmed particles move faster, so they hit the sphere's walls harder and more often. KEY
The warmed particles expand and press against the walls from the inside.
Sunlight adds new gas particles to the sphere.
The warm gas gathers near the top of the sphere and pushes there.
A sealed, rigid flask holds gas at 1.15 atm at 210 K. It is warmed to 630 K. What is the new pressure, in atmospheres? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 3.45 atm KEY
also accepted: 3.45 atm
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"P₁ = 1.15 atm",
"T₁ = 210 K",
"T₂ = 630 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂",
"Make P₂ the subject:",
"P₂ = P₁T₂ / T₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"P₂ = 1.15 × 630 / 210",
"P₂ = 3.45 atm"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 0.383,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — warming a sealed, rigid flask must RAISE the pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the flask warmed, so the pressure must rise above 1.15 atm: P₂ = P₁T₂ / T₁ = 1.15 × 630 / 210 = 3.45 atm."
},
{
"value": 1.15,
"misconception": "you left the pressure unchanged — in a rigid container the pressure tracks the kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — tripling the kelvin temperature triples the pressure: P₂ = 1.15 × 630 / 210 = 3.45 atm."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP₁ = 1.15 atm\nT₁ = 210 K\nT₂ = 630 K\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂\nMake P₂ the subject:\nP₂ = P₁T₂ / T₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₂ = 1.15 × 630 / 210\nP₂ = 3.45 atm\nThe flask warmed, so the pressure must come out higher — 3.45 atm passes that check.",
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{
"value": 0.383,
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the flask warmed, so the pressure must rise above 1.15 atm: P₂ = P₁T₂ / T₁ = 1.15 × 630 / 210 = 3.45 atm."
},
{
"value": 1.15,
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — tripling the kelvin temperature triples the pressure: P₂ = 1.15 × 630 / 210 = 3.45 atm."
}
]
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GAS-030 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; Boyle case (slow-at-room-temperature cue, no water bath)) · mcq4
A capped bicycle pump is pushed in very slowly at a steady room temperature, shrinking the space the trapped gas fills. Which gas law applies to the trapped gas?
Boyle's law KEY
Charles's law
Gay-Lussac's law
No gas law applies, because the amount of trapped gas changes.
GAS-020 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; P1 backward solve in kPa) · numeric
A sample of trapped gas now fills 9.6 L at 125 kPa after expanding at constant temperature. Before it expanded, it filled 6.0 L. What was its pressure before, in kilopascals? Give your answer as a whole number.
Answer: 200 kPa KEY
also accepted: 200., 200 kPa
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"P₂ = 125 kPa",
"V₂ = 9.6 L",
"V₁ = 6.0 L",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁ = P₂V₂",
"Make P₁ the subject:",
"P₁ = P₂V₂ / V₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"P₁ = 125 × 9.6 / 6.0",
"P₁ = 200 kPa"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"value": 78.125,
"misconception": "you flipped the volume ratio — before expanding, the gas was squeezed smaller, so its pressure was HIGHER",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — before the expansion the gas sat in less space, so its pressure was higher: P₁ = P₂V₂ / V₁ = 125 × 9.6 / 6.0 = 200 kPa."
},
{
"value": 125,
"misconception": "you echoed the after-pressure — the question asks for the pressure BEFORE the expansion",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 125 kPa is the pressure now. Before: P₁ = 125 × 9.6 / 6.0 = 200 kPa."
}
]
feedback
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},
{
"value": 125,
"misconception": "you echoed the after-pressure — the question asks for the pressure BEFORE the expansion",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 125 kPa is the pressure now. Before: P₁ = 125 × 9.6 / 6.0 = 200 kPa."
}
]
}
GAS-030 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; condition-removed case (Boyle loses its bath)) · mcq4
A piston squeezes a sealed cylinder of gas that rests in a room-temperature holding bath. Partway through, the cylinder is lifted out and the squeezing continues while the gas warms. Which required condition does lifting the cylinder out break?
A constant temperature KEY
A fixed amount of gas
A constant volume
A steady surrounding pressure
GAS-032 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; V1 backward solve with label-the-conditions trap (after-state first)) · numeric
After a change, a sealed gas sample sits at 2.7 atm, 2.0 L, and 160 K. Before the change it was at 0.45 atm and 480 K. What volume did it occupy before, in liters? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 36.0 L KEY
also accepted: 36.0 L
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, labeling each value condition 1 (before) or condition 2 (after):",
"P₁ = 0.45 atm",
"T₁ = 480 K",
"P₂ = 2.7 atm",
"V₂ = 2.0 L",
"T₂ = 160 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂",
"Make V₁ the subject:",
"V₁ = P₂V₂T₁ / (P₁T₂)",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₁ = 2.7 × 2.0 × 480 / (0.45 × 160)",
"V₁ = 36.0 L"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 4.0,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — label each value as condition 1 or condition 2 before touching the equation",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 4.0 L comes from FLIPPING the temperature ratio (multiplying by 160/480 instead of 480/160). Label the before-values condition 1 first: V₁ = P₂V₂T₁ / (P₁T₂) = 2.7 × 2.0 × 480 / (0.45 × 160) = 36.0 L."
},
{
"value": 12.0,
"misconception": "you solved the pressure ratio only — the temperature ratio must multiply in as well",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — pressure alone gives 12.0 L, but the gas was also three times hotter before: V₁ = 2.7 × 2.0 × 480 / (0.45 × 160) = 36.0 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, labeling each value condition 1 (before) or condition 2 (after):\nP₁ = 0.45 atm\nT₁ = 480 K\nP₂ = 2.7 atm\nV₂ = 2.0 L\nT₂ = 160 K\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂\nMake V₁ the subject:\nV₁ = P₂V₂T₁ / (P₁T₂)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₁ = 2.7 × 2.0 × 480 / (0.45 × 160)\nV₁ = 36.0 L\nThe gas ended up compressed and cold, so it must have started much larger — 36.0 L passes that check.",
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 4.0 L comes from FLIPPING the temperature ratio (multiplying by 160/480 instead of 480/160). Label the before-values condition 1 first: V₁ = P₂V₂T₁ / (P₁T₂) = 2.7 × 2.0 × 480 / (0.45 × 160) = 36.0 L."
},
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"misconception": "you solved the pressure ratio only — the temperature ratio must multiply in as well",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — pressure alone gives 12.0 L, but the gas was also three times hotter before: V₁ = 2.7 × 2.0 × 480 / (0.45 × 160) = 36.0 L."
}
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}
GAS-032 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; constant-quantity case: steady P entered on both sides and canceling (GAS-032 rule 6)) · numeric
A free-sliding piston keeps a sealed gas sample at a steady 1.1 atm the whole time. The gas holds 5.6 L at 7 °C and expands to 8.4 L as it warms. Using the combined gas law with the same pressure entered on both sides, find its new kelvin temperature. Give your answer as a whole number.
Answer: 420 K KEY
also accepted: 420., 420 K
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273 (the steady pressure is entered on both sides):",
"P₁ = 1.1 atm",
"V₁ = 5.6 L",
"T₁ = 7 + 273 = 280 K",
"P₂ = 1.1 atm",
"V₂ = 8.4 L",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂",
"Make T₂ the subject (the equal pressures cancel):",
"T₂ = T₁V₂ / V₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"T₂ = 280 × 8.4 / 5.6",
"T₂ = 420 K"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 10.5,
"misconception": "you ran the ratio on the Celsius value — convert 7 °C to kelvin before anything else",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — convert first: 7 °C = 280 K. The steady 1.1 atm cancels from both sides, leaving T₂ = 280 × 8.4 / 5.6 = 420 K."
},
{
"value": 187,
"misconception": "you flipped the volume ratio — a larger volume at steady pressure needs a higher kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the gas grew, so it must be hotter than 280 K: T₂ = 280 × 8.4 / 5.6 = 420 K."
}
]
feedback
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"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273 (the steady pressure is entered on both sides):\nP₁ = 1.1 atm\nV₁ = 5.6 L\nT₁ = 7 + 273 = 280 K\nP₂ = 1.1 atm\nV₂ = 8.4 L\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂\nMake T₂ the subject (the equal pressures cancel):\nT₂ = T₁V₂ / V₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nT₂ = 280 × 8.4 / 5.6\nT₂ = 420 K\nThe gas grew by half again, so its kelvin temperature must rise by half again — 420 K passes that check.",
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{
"value": 10.5,
"misconception": "you ran the ratio on the Celsius value — convert 7 °C to kelvin before anything else",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — convert first: 7 °C = 280 K. The steady 1.1 atm cancels from both sides, leaving T₂ = 280 × 8.4 / 5.6 = 420 K."
},
{
"value": 187,
"misconception": "you flipped the volume ratio — a larger volume at steady pressure needs a higher kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the gas grew, so it must be hotter than 280 K: T₂ = 280 × 8.4 / 5.6 = 420 K."
}
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}
A flexible sealed cushion holds 4.8 L of gas at 97 °C. At steady surrounding pressure it is chilled to −88 °C.
A flexible sealed cushion holds 4.8 L of gas at 97 °C. At steady surrounding pressure it is chilled to −88 °C.
(a) Convert both temperatures to kelvin, showing the arithmetic for each.
(b) Using Charles's law, calculate the cushion's new volume in liters. Show every step of your calculation.
(c) Check the direction in words: which way should the volume move on chilling at steady pressure, and does your answer pass?
Part a. Convert both temperatures to kelvin, showing the arithmetic for each.
Model: T1 = 97 + 273 = 370 K
T2 = −88 + 273 = 185 K
Part b. Using Charles's law, calculate the cushion's new volume in liters. Show every step of your calculation.
Model: V1 = 4.8 L, T1 = 370 K, T2 = 185 K
V1/T1 = V2/T2
V2 = V1 x T2 / T1
V2 = 4.8 x 185 / 370
V2 = 2.4 L
Part c. Check the direction in words: which way should the volume move on chilling at steady pressure, and does your answer pass?
Model: Chilling at steady pressure shrinks a gas, so the answer must come out below 4.8 L — 2.4 L passes the check.
Full model answer. (a) T1 = 97 + 273 = 370 K
T2 = −88 + 273 = 185 K
(b) V1 = 4.8 L, T1 = 370 K, T2 = 185 K
V1/T1 = V2/T2
V2 = V1 x T2 / T1
V2 = 4.8 x 185 / 370
V2 = 2.4 L
(c) Chilling at steady pressure shrinks a gas, so the answer must come out below 4.8 L — 2.4 L passes the check.
A sealed flexible gas reservoir holds 6.0 L at 2.8 atm and 307 °C. After passing through a cooling coil (still sealed — no gas escapes), it sits at 4.0 L and 145 K.
A sealed flexible gas reservoir holds 6.0 L at 2.8 atm and 307 °C. After passing through a cooling coil (still sealed — no gas escapes), it sits at 4.0 L and 145 K.
(a) Convert the Celsius temperature to kelvin, showing the arithmetic, and label every value as condition 1 (before) or condition 2 (after).
(b) Using the combined gas law, calculate the final pressure in atmospheres. Show every step of your calculation.
(c) Check the direction in words: the squeeze alone would raise the pressure — why does the answer come out BELOW 2.8 atm anyway?
Part a. Convert the Celsius temperature to kelvin, showing the arithmetic, and label every value as condition 1 (before) or condition 2 (after).
Part b. Using the combined gas law, calculate the final pressure in atmospheres. Show every step of your calculation.
Model: (P_1 x V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 x V_2)/T_2
P_2 = P_1 x V_1 x T_2 / (V_2 x T_1)
P_2 = 2.8 x 6.0 x 145 / (4.0 x 580)
P_2 = 1.05 atm
Part c. Check the direction in words: the squeeze alone would raise the pressure — why does the answer come out BELOW 2.8 atm anyway?
Model: Squeezing 6.0 L to 4.0 L alone would raise the pressure by half — but the cooling cuts the kelvin temperature to a quarter, a much larger pull downward. The cooling wins, so the pressure ends below 2.8 atm.
Full model answer. (a) T_1 = 307 + 273 = 580 K; T_2 = 145 K (already kelvin)
Condition 1 (before): P_1 = 2.8 atm, V_1 = 6.0 L, T_1 = 580 K
Condition 2 (after): V_2 = 4.0 L, T_2 = 145 K
(b) (P_1 x V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 x V_2)/T_2
P_2 = P_1 x V_1 x T_2 / (V_2 x T_1)
P_2 = 2.8 x 6.0 x 145 / (4.0 x 580)
P_2 = 1.05 atm
(c) Squeezing 6.0 L to 4.0 L alone would raise the pressure by half — but the cooling cuts the kelvin temperature to a quarter, a much larger pull downward. The cooling wins, so the pressure ends below 2.8 atm.
A rigid, sealed flask of gas warms on a laboratory heating block. Write the equation you would use to compare the gas's pressure before and after it warms, using P₁, T₁, P₂, and T₂.
{
"keyExplanation": "Rigid and sealed means fixed volume and fixed amount — Gay-Lussac's law compares the two states: P₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂, temperatures in kelvin."
}
A student says: 'Pushing the cap end of a sealed pump handle halfway in cannot change the trapped gas's pressure, because the amount of trapped gas has not changed.' The temperature stays constant. What actually happens to the pressure?
It increases. KEY
It stays the same, as the student says.
It decreases.
It drops to zero.
GAS-017 · medium · application · seq 6 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; claim-critique case (speed-change misconception)) · mcq4
A student watches the pressure gauge fall as a sealed cylinder's piston is drawn back at constant temperature, and says: 'The particles must be slowing down as the space grows.' Which correction fixes the explanation?
The particles' speed is unchanged — each particle now travels farther between walls, so the walls are hit less often. KEY
The student is right — more space gives each particle a longer path, and a longer path always means a slower-moving particle.
The particles do slow down, but only the ones near the moving piston.
The pressure falls because some particles stick to the piston as it moves back.
The graph shows pressure against volume for a trapped gas at constant temperature. Read the volume, in liters, at which the pressure is 2.0 atm. Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
FIGURE (line-graph · stimulus) — title: "Pressure and volume of a trapped gas (constant temperature, fixed amount)" · xAxis: {"label": "volume (L)", "range": [0, 8], "gridlines": true} · yAxis: {"label": "pressure (atm)", "range": [0, 8], "gridlines": true} · series: [{"points": [[1.0, 6.0], [2.0, 3.0], [3.0, 2.0], [4.0, 1.5], [6.0, 1.0]], "style": "smooth falling curve through marked data points"}] · style: "clean textbook graph; marked points readable against gridlines; no annotations that give away paired values"raw spec
[
{
"value": 2.0,
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 2.0 atm is the given pressure. Start at 2.0 atm, move across to the curve, then down: the volume reads 3.0 L."
},
{
"value": 6.0,
"misconception": "you read the volume where the pressure is 1.0 atm — check which pressure value the question names",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 6.0 L pairs with 1.0 atm on this curve. At 2.0 atm the volume reads 3.0 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Start at 2.0 atm on the pressure axis, move straight across to the curve, then straight down — the volume reads 3.0 L.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 2.0 atm is the given pressure. Start at 2.0 atm, move across to the curve, then down: the volume reads 3.0 L."
},
{
"value": 6.0,
"misconception": "you read the volume where the pressure is 1.0 atm — check which pressure value the question names",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 6.0 L pairs with 1.0 atm on this curve. At 2.0 atm the volume reads 3.0 L."
}
]
}
GAS-020 · medium · application · seq 8 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; V2 solve on an expansion) · numeric
A flexible sealed pouch holds 5.00 L of gas at 2.85 atm. It is allowed to expand at constant temperature until its pressure is 0.950 atm. What volume does it fill now, in liters? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 15.0 L KEY
also accepted: 15.0 L
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"P₁ = 2.85 atm",
"V₁ = 5.00 L",
"P₂ = 0.950 atm",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁ = P₂V₂",
"Make V₂ the subject:",
"V₂ = P₁V₁ / P₂",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₂ = 2.85 × 5.00 / 0.950",
"V₂ = 15.0 L"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1.67,
"misconception": "you INVERTED the pressure ratio (multiplied by 0.950/2.85 instead of 2.85/0.950) — a falling pressure means the gas spreads into MORE space",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 1.67 L comes from inverting the pressure ratio (multiplying 5.00 L by 0.950/2.85 instead of 2.85/0.950). The pressure fell to a third, so the volume must TRIPLE: V₂ = P₁V₁ / P₂ = 2.85 × 5.00 / 0.950 = 15.0 L."
},
{
"value": 13.5,
"misconception": "you multiplied all three numbers together (2.85 × 5.00 × 0.950) instead of dividing P₁V₁ by the new pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 13.5 comes from multiplying all three given numbers together (2.85 × 5.00 × 0.950). Divide the product P₁V₁ by the NEW pressure instead: V₂ = 2.85 × 5.00 / 0.950 = 15.0 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP₁ = 2.85 atm\nV₁ = 5.00 L\nP₂ = 0.950 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁ = P₂V₂\nMake V₂ the subject:\nV₂ = P₁V₁ / P₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₂ = 2.85 × 5.00 / 0.950\nV₂ = 15.0 L\nThe pressure went down, so the volume must come out larger — 15.0 L passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 1.67,
"misconception": "you INVERTED the pressure ratio (multiplied by 0.950/2.85 instead of 2.85/0.950) — a falling pressure means the gas spreads into MORE space",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 1.67 L comes from inverting the pressure ratio (multiplying 5.00 L by 0.950/2.85 instead of 2.85/0.950). The pressure fell to a third, so the volume must TRIPLE: V₂ = P₁V₁ / P₂ = 2.85 × 5.00 / 0.950 = 15.0 L."
},
{
"value": 13.5,
"misconception": "you multiplied all three numbers together (2.85 × 5.00 × 0.950) instead of dividing P₁V₁ by the new pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 13.5 comes from multiplying all three given numbers together (2.85 × 5.00 × 0.950). Divide the product P₁V₁ by the NEW pressure instead: V₂ = 2.85 × 5.00 / 0.950 = 15.0 L."
}
]
}
A student says: 'This sealed flexible bag can't change size in the cold, because the amount of gas inside is fixed.' The bag is left outdoors on a freezing night at steady surrounding pressure. What actually happens to its volume?
A roomy, flexible pouch of gas warms above a heater and grows — then stops growing while it is still warm, even though its loose skin could easily stretch farther. In particle terms, why does the expansion stop?
As the gas spreads out, its particles hit each patch of wall less often, until its push falls back to match the steady outside pressure. KEY
The particles cool back down as soon as the pouch reaches its new size, and the cooled particles stop pushing the skin outward any farther.
The skin becomes too stiff to stretch any farther.
The particles run out of energy after pushing the walls outward.
Which feature of the graph shows that the gas's volume would head to zero at absolute zero?
FIGURE (line-graph · stimulus) — title: "Volume and kelvin temperature of a trapped gas (constant pressure, fixed amount)" · xAxis: {"label": "temperature (K)", "range": [0, 600], "gridlines": true} · yAxis: {"label": "volume (L)", "range": [0, 1.8], "gridlines": true} · series: [{"points": [[130, 0.39], [260, 0.78], [390, 1.17], [520, 1.56]], "style": "straight line through marked data points, with a dashed extension of the line bac… · style: "clean textbook graph; marked points readable against gridlines; no annotations that give away paired values"raw spec
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"range": [
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600
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"gridlines": true
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}
}
The straight line through the measured points, when extended, points at zero volume at 0 K. KEY
The curve bends downward more and more steeply as it cools.
The measured points crowd closer and closer together toward the cold end of the line.
The line crosses the volume axis above zero.
GAS-025 · medium · application · seq 12 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; V2 solve with two Celsius conversions (kelvin-first trap)) · numeric
A flexible sealed wine bag holds 1.8 L of gas at 7 °C. At constant pressure it is warmed to 147 °C. What is its new volume, in liters? Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 2.7 L KEY
also accepted: 2.7 L
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:",
"V₁ = 1.8 L",
"T₁ = 7 + 273 = 280 K",
"T₂ = 147 + 273 = 420 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"V₁/T₁ = V₂/T₂",
"Make V₂ the subject:",
"V₂ = V₁T₂ / T₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₂ = 1.8 × 420 / 280",
"V₂ = 2.7 L"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 37.8,
"misconception": "you ran the ratio on the Celsius values — convert every temperature to kelvin first",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — Celsius values cannot ride the ratio (147/7 is not the real temperature factor). Convert first: 7 °C = 280 K, 147 °C = 420 K, then V₂ = 1.8 × 420 / 280 = 2.7 L."
},
{
"value": 1.2,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — warming at steady pressure must GROW the volume",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the bag warmed, so it must grow beyond 1.8 L: V₂ = V₁T₂ / T₁ = 1.8 × 420 / 280 = 2.7 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:\nV₁ = 1.8 L\nT₁ = 7 + 273 = 280 K\nT₂ = 147 + 273 = 420 K\nWrite down the equation:\nV₁/T₁ = V₂/T₂\nMake V₂ the subject:\nV₂ = V₁T₂ / T₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₂ = 1.8 × 420 / 280\nV₂ = 2.7 L\nThe gas warmed, so the volume must come out larger — 2.7 L passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 37.8,
"misconception": "you ran the ratio on the Celsius values — convert every temperature to kelvin first",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — Celsius values cannot ride the ratio (147/7 is not the real temperature factor). Convert first: 7 °C = 280 K, 147 °C = 420 K, then V₂ = 1.8 × 420 / 280 = 2.7 L."
},
{
"value": 1.2,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — warming at steady pressure must GROW the volume",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the bag warmed, so it must grow beyond 1.8 L: V₂ = V₁T₂ / T₁ = 1.8 × 420 / 280 = 2.7 L."
}
]
}
GAS-026 · medium · application · seq 13 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; reverse-inference case (falling gauge)) · mcq4
The pressure reading on a sealed, rigid storage cylinder is lower at dawn than it was at dusk. Nothing was let in or out overnight. What must have happened?
A sealed, rigid gas bottle is left outdoors on a frigid night, and its pressure falls. In particle terms, why?
The chilled particles hit the walls more gently and less often. KEY
The chilled particles shrink, so their pushes get smaller.
Some of the gas escapes as the bottle cools.
The cold particles sink and stop pushing on the upper walls.
GAS-029 · medium · application · seq 15 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; T2 solve with one Celsius conversion (relief-plug framing)) · numeric
A sealed, rigid canister holds gas at 3.60 atm at 47 °C. Its relief plug releases at 4.95 atm. At what kelvin temperature does the plug release? Give your answer as a whole number.
Answer: 440 K KEY
also accepted: 440., 440 K
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:",
"P₁ = 3.60 atm",
"T₁ = 47 + 273 = 320 K",
"P₂ = 4.95 atm",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂",
"Make T₂ the subject:",
"T₂ = T₁P₂ / P₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"T₂ = 320 × 4.95 / 3.60",
"T₂ = 440 K"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 64.6,
"misconception": "you ran the ratio on the Celsius value — convert 47 °C to kelvin before anything else",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — convert first: 47 °C = 320 K. Then T₂ = T₁P₂ / P₁ = 320 × 4.95 / 3.60 = 440 K."
},
{
"value": 233,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — reaching a HIGHER pressure needs a HIGHER kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the pressure must climb to 4.95 atm, so the temperature must rise above 320 K: T₂ = 320 × 4.95 / 3.60 = 440 K."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, converting every temperature to kelvin with K = °C + 273:\nP₁ = 3.60 atm\nT₁ = 47 + 273 = 320 K\nP₂ = 4.95 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂\nMake T₂ the subject:\nT₂ = T₁P₂ / P₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nT₂ = 320 × 4.95 / 3.60\nT₂ = 440 K\nThe pressure must rise, so T₂ had to come out above 320 K — 440 K passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 64.6,
"misconception": "you ran the ratio on the Celsius value — convert 47 °C to kelvin before anything else",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — convert first: 47 °C = 320 K. Then T₂ = T₁P₂ / P₁ = 320 × 4.95 / 3.60 = 440 K."
},
{
"value": 233,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — reaching a HIGHER pressure needs a HIGHER kelvin temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the pressure must climb to 4.95 atm, so the temperature must rise above 320 K: T₂ = 320 × 4.95 / 3.60 = 440 K."
}
]
}
GAS-030 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; Charles case (free-piston cue — the second taught constant-pressure signal)) · mcq4
Gas is trapped under a piston that slides freely, so the gas always sits at the steady pressure of the weight above it. The cylinder is then warmed gently. Which gas law applies to the trapped gas?
Charles's law KEY
Boyle's law
Gay-Lussac's law
No gas law applies, because the piston does work on the gas.
GAS-020 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; V1 backward solve (after-state given first in the stem)) · numeric
After a squeeze at constant temperature, a trapped gas sits at 3.5 atm in 3.0 L. Before the squeeze its pressure was 2.0 atm. What volume did it fill before, in liters? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 5.25 L KEY
also accepted: 5.25 L
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"P₂ = 3.5 atm",
"V₂ = 3.0 L",
"P₁ = 2.0 atm",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁ = P₂V₂",
"Make V₁ the subject:",
"V₁ = P₂V₂ / P₁",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₁ = 3.5 × 3.0 / 2.0",
"V₁ = 5.25 L"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1.71,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — the gas was at a LOWER pressure before, so it filled MORE space",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — before the squeeze the pressure was lower, so the volume was larger: V₁ = P₂V₂ / P₁ = 3.5 × 3.0 / 2.0 = 5.25 L."
},
{
"value": 3.0,
"misconception": "you echoed the current volume — the question asks for the volume BEFORE the squeeze",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 3.0 L is the volume now. Before: V₁ = 3.5 × 3.0 / 2.0 = 5.25 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP₂ = 3.5 atm\nV₂ = 3.0 L\nP₁ = 2.0 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁ = P₂V₂\nMake V₁ the subject:\nV₁ = P₂V₂ / P₁\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₁ = 3.5 × 3.0 / 2.0\nV₁ = 5.25 L\nThe pressure rose in the squeeze, so the volume had to start larger — 5.25 L passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 1.71,
"misconception": "you flipped the pressure ratio — the gas was at a LOWER pressure before, so it filled MORE space",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — before the squeeze the pressure was lower, so the volume was larger: V₁ = P₂V₂ / P₁ = 3.5 × 3.0 / 2.0 = 5.25 L."
},
{
"value": 3.0,
"misconception": "you echoed the current volume — the question asks for the volume BEFORE the squeeze",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 3.0 L is the volume now. Before: V₁ = 3.5 × 3.0 / 2.0 = 5.25 L."
}
]
}
GAS-030 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; shared-condition synthesis case) · mcq4
Boyle's law, Charles's law, and Gay-Lussac's law each hold one quantity constant — a different one each. Which condition do all three laws share?
A fixed amount of gas — a sealed container with no leaks. KEY
A constant temperature — all gas laws compare states at one temperature.
A rigid container — the walls must not move.
Kelvin temperatures below the gas's condensation point.
A sealed flexible cell holds 6.30 L of gas at 0.460 atm and 140 K. The pressure on it rises to 0.690 atm as it warms to 420 K. What is its volume then, in liters? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 12.6 L KEY
also accepted: 12.6 L
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question:",
"P₁ = 0.460 atm",
"V₁ = 6.30 L",
"T₁ = 140 K",
"P₂ = 0.690 atm",
"T₂ = 420 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂",
"Make V₂ the subject:",
"V₂ = P₁V₁T₂ / (P₂T₁)",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"V₂ = 0.460 × 6.30 × 420 / (0.690 × 140)",
"V₂ = 12.6 L"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 4.2,
"misconception": "you solved the pressure ratio only — the tripled kelvin temperature must multiply in",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — pressure alone would shrink the gas to 4.2 L, but the temperature tripled: V₂ = 0.460 × 6.30 × 420 / (0.690 × 140) = 12.6 L."
},
{
"value": 1.4,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — a hotter gas needs MORE room at any given pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the temperature ratio is upside down: V₂ = 0.460 × 6.30 × 420 / (0.690 × 140) = 12.6 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP₁ = 0.460 atm\nV₁ = 6.30 L\nT₁ = 140 K\nP₂ = 0.690 atm\nT₂ = 420 K\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂\nMake V₂ the subject:\nV₂ = P₁V₁T₂ / (P₂T₁)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV₂ = 0.460 × 6.30 × 420 / (0.690 × 140)\nV₂ = 12.6 L\nThe pressure rise squeezes the gas but the tripled temperature swells it more — growth to 12.6 L fits the bigger effect.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 4.2,
"misconception": "you solved the pressure ratio only — the tripled kelvin temperature must multiply in",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — pressure alone would shrink the gas to 4.2 L, but the temperature tripled: V₂ = 0.460 × 6.30 × 420 / (0.690 × 140) = 12.6 L."
},
{
"value": 1.4,
"misconception": "you flipped the temperature ratio — a hotter gas needs MORE room at any given pressure",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — the temperature ratio is upside down: V₂ = 0.460 × 6.30 × 420 / (0.690 × 140) = 12.6 L."
}
]
}
GAS-032 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh instance; T1 backward solve (label-the-conditions)) · numeric
A sealed gas sample now sits at 1.0 atm in 6.0 L at 130 K. Before the change it was at 4.0 atm in 3.0 L. What was its kelvin temperature before? Give your answer as a whole number.
Answer: 260 K KEY
also accepted: 260., 260 K
scaffold
[
"Write down the values in the question, labeling each value condition 1 (before) or condition 2 (after):",
"P₁ = 4.0 atm",
"V₁ = 3.0 L",
"P₂ = 1.0 atm",
"V₂ = 6.0 L",
"T₂ = 130 K",
"Write down the equation:",
"P₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂",
"Make T₁ the subject:",
"T₁ = T₂P₁V₁ / (P₂V₂)",
"Substitute in the values, and calculate:",
"T₁ = 130 × 4.0 × 3.0 / (1.0 × 6.0)",
"T₁ = 260 K"
]
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 65,
"misconception": "you flipped the combined ratio — solve for T₁ by multiplying T₂ by the condition-1 product over the condition-2 product",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — T₁ = T₂ × P₁V₁ / (P₂V₂) = 130 × 4.0 × 3.0 / (1.0 × 6.0) = 260 K."
},
{
"value": 130,
"misconception": "you echoed the after-temperature — the question asks for the temperature BEFORE the change",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 130 K is the temperature now. Before: T₁ = 130 × 4.0 × 3.0 / (1.0 × 6.0) = 260 K."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question, labeling each value condition 1 (before) or condition 2 (after):\nP₁ = 4.0 atm\nV₁ = 3.0 L\nP₂ = 1.0 atm\nV₂ = 6.0 L\nT₂ = 130 K\nWrite down the equation:\nP₁V₁/T₁ = P₂V₂/T₂\nMake T₁ the subject:\nT₁ = T₂P₁V₁ / (P₂V₂)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nT₁ = 130 × 4.0 × 3.0 / (1.0 × 6.0)\nT₁ = 260 K\nThe before-state packed twice the pressure-volume product, so it had to be twice as hot — 260 K passes that check.",
"anticipatedWrong": [
{
"value": 65,
"misconception": "you flipped the combined ratio — solve for T₁ by multiplying T₂ by the condition-1 product over the condition-2 product",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — T₁ = T₂ × P₁V₁ / (P₂V₂) = 130 × 4.0 × 3.0 / (1.0 × 6.0) = 260 K."
},
{
"value": 130,
"misconception": "you echoed the after-temperature — the question asks for the temperature BEFORE the change",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — 130 K is the temperature now. Before: T₁ = 130 × 4.0 × 3.0 / (1.0 × 6.0) = 260 K."
}
]
}
A flexible sealed gas cell now holds 7.2 L at 167 °C. Earlier, at the same steady pressure, it was at −53 °C.
A flexible sealed gas cell now holds 7.2 L at 167 °C. Earlier, at the same steady pressure, it was at −53 °C.
(a) Convert both temperatures to kelvin, showing the arithmetic for each.
(b) Using Charles's law, calculate the volume the cell held earlier, in liters. Show every step of your calculation.
(c) Check the direction in words: at the colder earlier temperature, should the cell have held more or less gas volume, and does your answer pass?
Part a. Convert both temperatures to kelvin, showing the arithmetic for each.
Model: T1 = −53 + 273 = 220 K
T2 = 167 + 273 = 440 K
Part b. Using Charles's law, calculate the volume the cell held earlier, in liters. Show every step of your calculation.
Model: Earlier = condition 1, now = condition 2: T1 = 220 K, V2 = 7.2 L, T2 = 440 K
V1/T1 = V2/T2
V1 = V2 x T1 / T2
V1 = 7.2 x 220 / 440
V1 = 3.6 L
Part c. Check the direction in words: at the colder earlier temperature, should the cell have held more or less gas volume, and does your answer pass?
Model: The earlier state was colder, so the cell must have held LESS volume then — 3.6 L is below 7.2 L, so the answer passes the check.
Full model answer. (a) T1 = −53 + 273 = 220 K
T2 = 167 + 273 = 440 K
(b) Earlier = condition 1, now = condition 2: T1 = 220 K, V2 = 7.2 L, T2 = 440 K
V1/T1 = V2/T2
V1 = V2 x T1 / T2
V1 = 7.2 x 220 / 440
V1 = 3.6 L
(c) The earlier state was colder, so the cell must have held LESS volume then — 3.6 L is below 7.2 L, so the answer passes the check.
GAS-032 · hard · transfer · seq 22 · authored:U9-G2 stage 2 (fresh FRQ instance; V_1 backward solve; after-state given first (label-the-conditions trap)) · frq
After a change, a sealed flexible gas cell sits at 3.0 atm in 1.8 L at −39 °C. Before the change it was at 0.54 atm and 195 °C.
After a change, a sealed flexible gas cell sits at 3.0 atm in 1.8 L at −39 °C. Before the change it was at 0.54 atm and 195 °C.
(a) Convert both temperatures to kelvin, showing the arithmetic, and label every value as condition 1 (before) or condition 2 (after) — the after-values are given first in this problem.
(b) Using the combined gas law, calculate the volume the cell held before, in liters, and report it to 2 significant figures. Show every step of your calculation.
(c) Check the direction in words: the gas ended squeezed and cold — what does that say about the volume it must have held before, and does your answer pass?
Part a. Convert both temperatures to kelvin, showing the arithmetic, and label every value as condition 1 (before) or condition 2 (after) — the after-values are given first in this problem.
Part b. Using the combined gas law, calculate the volume the cell held before, in liters, and report it to 2 significant figures. Show every step of your calculation.
Model: (P_1 x V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 x V_2)/T_2
V1 = P_2 x V_2 x T_1 / (P_1 x T_2)
V_1 = 3.0 x 1.8 x 468 / (0.54 x 234)
V1 = 20 L (2 significant figures, as the question requires)
Part c. Check the direction in words: the gas ended squeezed and cold — what does that say about the volume it must have held before, and does your answer pass?
Model: Before the change the gas was hot and at low pressure, so it must have filled far more space than the squeezed, cold 1.8 L end-state — 20 L passes the check.
Full model answer. (a) T_1 = 195 + 273 = 468 K
T2 = −39 + 273 = 234 K
Condition 1 (before): P_1 = 0.54 atm, T_1 = 468 K
Condition 2 (after): P_2 = 3.0 atm, V_2 = 1.8 L, T_2 = 234 K
(b) (P_1 x V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 x V_2)/T_2
V1 = P_2 x V_2 x T_1 / (P_1 x T_2)
V_1 = 3.0 x 1.8 x 468 / (0.54 x 234)
V1 = 20 L (2 significant figures, as the question requires)
(c) Before the change the gas was hot and at low pressure, so it must have filled far more space than the squeezed, cold 1.8 L end-state — 20 L passes the check.
End of Topic Test: Avogadro's law and molar volume & The ideal gas law (u09-t3 · 5 forms × 22 items · 110 total)
David's notes for James:
CALC-HEAVY FRQ SPLIT - frq_per_form = 2, OVERRIDING your gate data's frq_per_form=1 baseline (confirm the composition): QB-v2 sec.4 directs 2-3 FRQs for calculation-heavy topics and NAMES gas laws and mole conversions in its calc-heavy list; the wave-5 brief applies it per-form. This gate spans TWO topics with exactly TWO multi-step calculation procedures - the molar-volume conversion pair (GAS-037 n=V/22.4, GAS-038 V=n*22.4, Topic 4) and the ideal-gas-law rearrangement family (GAS-040 PV=nRT with unit-conversion entry, Topic 5) - so 2 FRQs = one calculation FRQ per topic procedure. A THIRD FRQ was considered and rejected: no third multi-step procedure exists in scope (GAS-033/034 qualitative, GAS-035/036/039 fact atoms). Total 20 objective + 2 FRQ = 22 items/form; both FRQs terminal at seq 21-22 (D6 wording extended to the 2-FRQ split; objective easy->hard window unchanged). Full justification in blueprint.json composition.frq_split.
SEQ-21 PART->LESSON MAP (confirm; the gate's headline sol flag): seq 21 is deliberately the Topic-4 molar-volume conversion PAIR, not a single-skill GAS-037 instrument - (a) GAS-037 volume->moles at STP, (b) GAS-038 moles->volume at STP for a DIFFERENT gas, (c) GAS-036 explanation (why molar volume is the same for every gas + why the routine is STP-only). lesson_id carries the primary part (GAS-037); the part->lesson map is recorded in blueprint.json frq_split + gate_config adjudication territory. gpt-5.6-sol flagged all five forms' seq 21 as 'multi-lesson' in its final loop - RECORDED COURSE-AUTHORITY OVERRIDE (U5-G4 D#8 pattern), no content change; these are the ONLY 5 open sol verdicts on the gate. Seq 22 = Topic-5 capstone: (a) GAS-039 R-unit-set recall, (b) GAS-040 convert-then-solve, (c) GAS-040 raw-substitution sanity reasoning.
SEED AMENDMENT at sol QC - A#17 (your GAS-040 numeric seed; confirm): P 1.00 -> 1.06 atm, answer 200 -> 212 K. The seed's round-hundred display '200' cannot communicate the demanded 3 significant figures (house never-ambiguous-trailing-zeros rule + sol loop-1); new values stay exact-division on the same D10 anchors. Recorded in the item's seedRef.edits.
SEED FRESHENINGS UNDER THE STRICT SEED RULING (no freshness exemption; the validator was never weakened) - dispositions to confirm, each recorded in seedRef.edits and/or _stage3_patch_log.txt: A#11 56.0 L (GAS-038 spec-text value) -> 112 L, answer 2.50 -> 5.00 mol; A#15 0.250 mol -> 0.275 mol, answer 5.60 -> 6.16 L; A#18 oxygen -> neutral gas, 0.400 mol / 27 degC -> 0.650 mol / 127 degC, answer 1.20 -> 2.60 atm; A#19 neon -> ozone, 300 K -> 350 K, answer 24.6 -> 28.7 L; A#5 CO2 -> xenon (+ blind-round fix: stem now states the equal-T/P condition explicitly, and a stage-3 leftover CO2 reference in D1 feedback/keyExplanation was swept - QB 3.9 class); A#9 neon -> krypton ('sit side by side' was GAS-033 spec text); A#8 option gas NAMES stripped to 'A sample at ...' (+ 25 -> 20 degC) - the names carried no keying work and collided with taught materials; A#7 claim rephrased ('blowing more air into' = spec gram); A#4 'air' -> 'gas'. Physics/keys unchanged except where re-derived and noted.
AIR TRIAGE (recorded decision, disclosure): 'air' is a MATERIALS token taught in 10 of the unit's lessons and appears in this scope's own articles (GAS-033/034/036), so it was removed EVERYWHERE (seed surfaces included) in favor of 'gas'/scenario-neutral wording - content fix, not a whitelist; the substance scan stays fully armed. Detection gases were then given a single-home scheme (each material keeps at most one column, form-A seed cells preferred): chlorine A#10, hydrogen A#5/11/14, neon A#12, argon A#13, ammonia A#15, sulfur dioxide A#9, butane B#15, propane B#11, nitrogen B#16 (your seed), helium C#16, methane C#8/17; all other cells use non-detection gases (krypton/xenon/ethene/ethyne/ethane/cyclopropane/ozone/nitrous oxide) or neutral phrasing.
TAUGHT-CONSTANT ADJUDICATION (confirm; the gate's structural whitelist): the scope MANDATES on-screen constants - 22.4 L/mol (GAS-036 taught fact, GAS-037/038 routine), R = 0.0821 L*atm/(mol*K) restated per stem (GAS-039/040 one-R decision), 273 (K conversion + STP), 101.3 kPa and 760 mmHg (one-atm anchors) - plus the GAS-040 extraNotes D10 exact-division anchor volumes 8.21/16.42/24.63/32.84 L (only four members exist). V-T7's numeric lanes fire wholesale on these (545 lines); ALL are covered by TWO recorded adjudicated_instance_families in gate_config.json (TAUGHT-CONSTANTS, 40 slots; D10-ANCHORS, 15 slots), enforced by the gate-local wrapper validate_with_adjudications.py (full V-T7 recompute + parity guard; material lanes/adjacency/duplicate stems/non-family numbers NEVER excused; negative probes 7/7). _shared/validate_forms.py untouched; the equivalent proposed _shared A7 relief key awaits David (U2-G2/_proposed_shared_A7.md).
GATE_CONFIG TASK-IDIOM WHITELIST (recorded, confirm): 13 scoped extra_task_idioms, each an auto-derivation miss with zero instance signal - the mandated GAS-037/038 numeric-entry volume/mole task sentences ('What volume, in liters, ...', 'measured/collected at STP ...'), the sig-fig instruction sentences, the claim-repair MCQ family ('Which correction fixes the claim?', 'The claim/student is right'), and the two standing FRQ instruction sentences ('Show every step of your working.', 'Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.').
NUMERIC ANSWER-CONTRACT AMENDMENTS at sol QC (confirm): (1) acceptedAlternates not showing the demanded 3 significant figures were REMOVED bank-wide (21 items; they defeated the stated sig-fig contract); (2) tolerances tightened to half-ULP-of-display bank-wide (7 items; never loosened); (3) ambiguous round-value displays re-valued to exact-division, bank-unique, trailing-nonzero answers: A#17 (the seed amendment above), B#19 -> 405 K, D#19 n 4.00 -> 4.80 mol -> 125 K, E#17 P 2.25 -> 2.31 atm -> 462 K. Exported numeric items carry precisionAssessed/gradingNote + wrongValueDiagnostics; internal check exprs are authoring machinery and are not exported.
specNotes ITEM-GAS LISTS (recorded no-fix, confirm the reading): the GAS-037/038 specNotes' example-gas lists describe the LESSON's own fluency-item design; the gate deliberately uses fresh gases disjoint from the lesson items AND worked examples (instance-freshness law - quoting the lesson's own gases would collide with the A3 instance grams). sol raised this as a minor on several items; adjudicated as the freshness law working as designed.
PACKAGING NOTATION PATCH (disclosure): the export's lossless FRQ splitter requires inline '(part x)' rubric tags (canon U9-G4/U8-G2/U01-G2); U9-G3's stage-2 rows used a 'Part (x) <label> - ' PREFIX - same information, wrong notation. _patch_pkg_rubric_tags.py rewrote ONLY the prefix (30 criteria per artifact copy, 120 total across rows/forms/v1/final; wording/points proven unchanged by in-script asserts; all four representations re-verified byte-identical), then the adjudication-aware validator was re-run fresh: exit 0, full report byte-identical to the stage-7 run (U9-G1 precedent, same patch class).
NOTA/AOTA: zero literal hits in your 24-seed pool (demo_curated 3 = byte-dups of pool[21..23], deduped with both refs cited); zero replace_distractor flags. V-T5 PASS on all five forms.
BINDING INSTANCE RULE (course-wide, wave 5): zero fissile/weapons/dose framings; classroom-safe instance set throughout (party balloons, dive cylinders, cold stores, weather balloons, lab demos). Your seed pool scanned clean at stage 1; re-swept at packaging over forms_final + this export body. RECORDED RULING (disclosure): the blunt lexicon token 'reactor' matches two authored stems - B#14 'A microreactor evolves 0.0875 mol of propene...' and E#17 'A rigid 32.84 L reactor vessel holds 2.00 mol of gas...' - both are CHEMICAL reaction apparatus (standard chemistry-lab framings, no nuclear/fissile/weapons/dose content anywhere in the bank); adjudicated classroom-safe, no content change. Every other lexicon match in the package is a disclosure sentence itself.
CRASH-RESUME PROVENANCE (disclosure, no action needed): the authoring fleet was killed mid-run by a laptop restart after stage 2 (all 22 rows authored + forms assembled; validator at 11/12 with V-T7 pending triage), the session that ran stage 3 was a resume, QC stages 4-7 ran in that resumed session, and packaging (this export) ran in a further resumed session after a second restart. Every resume worked from DISK STATE with recorded audits (fix_log.md): all gate JSON artifacts json.loads-verified each pass (19/19 packaging-relevant artifacts this pass, nothing truncated), forms_final verified byte-identical to the validated form_A..E.json AND forms_v1.json, lesson titles verified 8/8 against the nested manifest, and the adjudication-aware validator re-run fresh (exit 0; validator_run_package.txt byte-identical to the stage-7 validator_run_final.txt). QC ledger: blind rounds r1-r8 = 116/116 option-item key picks; keyless slots (55 numeric + 10 FRQ) x 2 reviewers all graded match at r1/r2, every re-valued numeric slot re-graded at r5/r6 + r7/r8 all match (hand justifications in frq_verdicts.json), 0 open hard fails; sol authoritative loops 1-3 = 25 -> 6 -> 0 FAILs beyond the 5 recorded seq-21 course-authority overrides; wrapper validator PASS exit 0 after every patch wave. This export was built from the crash-audited forms_final.json.
FRQ delivery: your `prod` draw-on-paper class is delivered as a typed diagram-PLAN task (state kinds/recipes/counts/spacing; rubric grades the same observables). Confirm this mapping (pending from the U01-G1 round-trip).
full notes file
# u09-t3 — notes/queries from David's side (U9-G3)
1. CALC-HEAVY FRQ SPLIT - frq_per_form = 2, OVERRIDING your gate data's frq_per_form=1 baseline (confirm the composition): QB-v2 sec.4 directs 2-3 FRQs for calculation-heavy topics and NAMES gas laws and mole conversions in its calc-heavy list; the wave-5 brief applies it per-form. This gate spans TWO topics with exactly TWO multi-step calculation procedures - the molar-volume conversion pair (GAS-037 n=V/22.4, GAS-038 V=n*22.4, Topic 4) and the ideal-gas-law rearrangement family (GAS-040 PV=nRT with unit-conversion entry, Topic 5) - so 2 FRQs = one calculation FRQ per topic procedure. A THIRD FRQ was considered and rejected: no third multi-step procedure exists in scope (GAS-033/034 qualitative, GAS-035/036/039 fact atoms). Total 20 objective + 2 FRQ = 22 items/form; both FRQs terminal at seq 21-22 (D6 wording extended to the 2-FRQ split; objective easy->hard window unchanged). Full justification in blueprint.json composition.frq_split.
2. SEQ-21 PART->LESSON MAP (confirm; the gate's headline sol flag): seq 21 is deliberately the Topic-4 molar-volume conversion PAIR, not a single-skill GAS-037 instrument - (a) GAS-037 volume->moles at STP, (b) GAS-038 moles->volume at STP for a DIFFERENT gas, (c) GAS-036 explanation (why molar volume is the same for every gas + why the routine is STP-only). lesson_id carries the primary part (GAS-037); the part->lesson map is recorded in blueprint.json frq_split + gate_config adjudication territory. gpt-5.6-sol flagged all five forms' seq 21 as 'multi-lesson' in its final loop - RECORDED COURSE-AUTHORITY OVERRIDE (U5-G4 D#8 pattern), no content change; these are the ONLY 5 open sol verdicts on the gate. Seq 22 = Topic-5 capstone: (a) GAS-039 R-unit-set recall, (b) GAS-040 convert-then-solve, (c) GAS-040 raw-substitution sanity reasoning.
3. SEED AMENDMENT at sol QC - A#17 (your GAS-040 numeric seed; confirm): P 1.00 -> 1.06 atm, answer 200 -> 212 K. The seed's round-hundred display '200' cannot communicate the demanded 3 significant figures (house never-ambiguous-trailing-zeros rule + sol loop-1); new values stay exact-division on the same D10 anchors. Recorded in the item's seedRef.edits.
4. SEED FRESHENINGS UNDER THE STRICT SEED RULING (no freshness exemption; the validator was never weakened) - dispositions to confirm, each recorded in seedRef.edits and/or _stage3_patch_log.txt: A#11 56.0 L (GAS-038 spec-text value) -> 112 L, answer 2.50 -> 5.00 mol; A#15 0.250 mol -> 0.275 mol, answer 5.60 -> 6.16 L; A#18 oxygen -> neutral gas, 0.400 mol / 27 degC -> 0.650 mol / 127 degC, answer 1.20 -> 2.60 atm; A#19 neon -> ozone, 300 K -> 350 K, answer 24.6 -> 28.7 L; A#5 CO2 -> xenon (+ blind-round fix: stem now states the equal-T/P condition explicitly, and a stage-3 leftover CO2 reference in D1 feedback/keyExplanation was swept - QB 3.9 class); A#9 neon -> krypton ('sit side by side' was GAS-033 spec text); A#8 option gas NAMES stripped to 'A sample at ...' (+ 25 -> 20 degC) - the names carried no keying work and collided with taught materials; A#7 claim rephrased ('blowing more air into' = spec gram); A#4 'air' -> 'gas'. Physics/keys unchanged except where re-derived and noted.
5. AIR TRIAGE (recorded decision, disclosure): 'air' is a MATERIALS token taught in 10 of the unit's lessons and appears in this scope's own articles (GAS-033/034/036), so it was removed EVERYWHERE (seed surfaces included) in favor of 'gas'/scenario-neutral wording - content fix, not a whitelist; the substance scan stays fully armed. Detection gases were then given a single-home scheme (each material keeps at most one column, form-A seed cells preferred): chlorine A#10, hydrogen A#5/11/14, neon A#12, argon A#13, ammonia A#15, sulfur dioxide A#9, butane B#15, propane B#11, nitrogen B#16 (your seed), helium C#16, methane C#8/17; all other cells use non-detection gases (krypton/xenon/ethene/ethyne/ethane/cyclopropane/ozone/nitrous oxide) or neutral phrasing.
6. TAUGHT-CONSTANT ADJUDICATION (confirm; the gate's structural whitelist): the scope MANDATES on-screen constants - 22.4 L/mol (GAS-036 taught fact, GAS-037/038 routine), R = 0.0821 L*atm/(mol*K) restated per stem (GAS-039/040 one-R decision), 273 (K conversion + STP), 101.3 kPa and 760 mmHg (one-atm anchors) - plus the GAS-040 extraNotes D10 exact-division anchor volumes 8.21/16.42/24.63/32.84 L (only four members exist). V-T7's numeric lanes fire wholesale on these (545 lines); ALL are covered by TWO recorded adjudicated_instance_families in gate_config.json (TAUGHT-CONSTANTS, 40 slots; D10-ANCHORS, 15 slots), enforced by the gate-local wrapper validate_with_adjudications.py (full V-T7 recompute + parity guard; material lanes/adjacency/duplicate stems/non-family numbers NEVER excused; negative probes 7/7). _shared/validate_forms.py untouched; the equivalent proposed _shared A7 relief key awaits David (U2-G2/_proposed_shared_A7.md).
7. GATE_CONFIG TASK-IDIOM WHITELIST (recorded, confirm): 13 scoped extra_task_idioms, each an auto-derivation miss with zero instance signal - the mandated GAS-037/038 numeric-entry volume/mole task sentences ('What volume, in liters, ...', 'measured/collected at STP ...'), the sig-fig instruction sentences, the claim-repair MCQ family ('Which correction fixes the claim?', 'The claim/student is right'), and the two standing FRQ instruction sentences ('Show every step of your working.', 'Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.').
8. NUMERIC ANSWER-CONTRACT AMENDMENTS at sol QC (confirm): (1) acceptedAlternates not showing the demanded 3 significant figures were REMOVED bank-wide (21 items; they defeated the stated sig-fig contract); (2) tolerances tightened to half-ULP-of-display bank-wide (7 items; never loosened); (3) ambiguous round-value displays re-valued to exact-division, bank-unique, trailing-nonzero answers: A#17 (the seed amendment above), B#19 -> 405 K, D#19 n 4.00 -> 4.80 mol -> 125 K, E#17 P 2.25 -> 2.31 atm -> 462 K. Exported numeric items carry precisionAssessed/gradingNote + wrongValueDiagnostics; internal check exprs are authoring machinery and are not exported.
9. specNotes ITEM-GAS LISTS (recorded no-fix, confirm the reading): the GAS-037/038 specNotes' example-gas lists describe the LESSON's own fluency-item design; the gate deliberately uses fresh gases disjoint from the lesson items AND worked examples (instance-freshness law - quoting the lesson's own gases would collide with the A3 instance grams). sol raised this as a minor on several items; adjudicated as the freshness law working as designed.
10. PACKAGING NOTATION PATCH (disclosure): the export's lossless FRQ splitter requires inline '(part x)' rubric tags (canon U9-G4/U8-G2/U01-G2); U9-G3's stage-2 rows used a 'Part (x) <label> - ' PREFIX - same information, wrong notation. _patch_pkg_rubric_tags.py rewrote ONLY the prefix (30 criteria per artifact copy, 120 total across rows/forms/v1/final; wording/points proven unchanged by in-script asserts; all four representations re-verified byte-identical), then the adjudication-aware validator was re-run fresh: exit 0, full report byte-identical to the stage-7 run (U9-G1 precedent, same patch class).
11. NOTA/AOTA: zero literal hits in your 24-seed pool (demo_curated 3 = byte-dups of pool[21..23], deduped with both refs cited); zero replace_distractor flags. V-T5 PASS on all five forms.
12. BINDING INSTANCE RULE (course-wide, wave 5): zero fissile/weapons/dose framings; classroom-safe instance set throughout (party balloons, dive cylinders, cold stores, weather balloons, lab demos). Your seed pool scanned clean at stage 1; re-swept at packaging over forms_final + this export body. RECORDED RULING (disclosure): the blunt lexicon token 'reactor' matches two authored stems - B#14 'A microreactor evolves 0.0875 mol of propene...' and E#17 'A rigid 32.84 L reactor vessel holds 2.00 mol of gas...' - both are CHEMICAL reaction apparatus (standard chemistry-lab framings, no nuclear/fissile/weapons/dose content anywhere in the bank); adjudicated classroom-safe, no content change. Every other lexicon match in the package is a disclosure sentence itself.
13. CRASH-RESUME PROVENANCE (disclosure, no action needed): the authoring fleet was killed mid-run by a laptop restart after stage 2 (all 22 rows authored + forms assembled; validator at 11/12 with V-T7 pending triage), the session that ran stage 3 was a resume, QC stages 4-7 ran in that resumed session, and packaging (this export) ran in a further resumed session after a second restart. Every resume worked from DISK STATE with recorded audits (fix_log.md): all gate JSON artifacts json.loads-verified each pass (19/19 packaging-relevant artifacts this pass, nothing truncated), forms_final verified byte-identical to the validated form_A..E.json AND forms_v1.json, lesson titles verified 8/8 against the nested manifest, and the adjudication-aware validator re-run fresh (exit 0; validator_run_package.txt byte-identical to the stage-7 validator_run_final.txt). QC ledger: blind rounds r1-r8 = 116/116 option-item key picks; keyless slots (55 numeric + 10 FRQ) x 2 reviewers all graded match at r1/r2, every re-valued numeric slot re-graded at r5/r6 + r7/r8 all match (hand justifications in frq_verdicts.json), 0 open hard fails; sol authoritative loops 1-3 = 25 -> 6 -> 0 FAILs beyond the 5 recorded seq-21 course-authority overrides; wrapper validator PASS exit 0 after every patch wave. This export was built from the crash-audited forms_final.json.
Form A
GAS-035 · easy · recall · seq 1 · seed:U9-G3/pool[7] (= GAS-035 gateItems[1], James) — verbatim (field mapping only; sigFigs-null defined value carried per the numeric contract with a recorded gradingNote) · numeric
What is standard temperature, in degrees Celsius?
Answer: 0 °C KEY
also accepted: 0 °C, zero
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 273,
"misconception": "you gave the kelvin value — 273 K is standard temperature in kelvin; in Celsius it is 0 °C",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave the kelvin value — 273 K is standard temperature in kelvin; in Celsius it is 0 °C."
},
{
"value": 25,
"misconception": "you gave room temperature — standard temperature is 0 °C",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave room temperature — standard temperature is 0 °C."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Standard temperature is 273 K, which is 0 °C."
}
At STP, what volume in liters does 1.00 mol of ethane occupy?
Answer: 22.4 L KEY
also accepted: 22.4 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 273,
"misconception": "you gave standard temperature — 273 is the kelvin value at STP; the molar volume is 22.4 L",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave standard temperature — 273 is the kelvin value at STP; the molar volume is 22.4 L."
},
{
"value": 11.2,
"misconception": "you halved the molar volume — one full mole of any gas fills the full 22.4 L at STP",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you halved the molar volume — one full mole of any gas fills the full 22.4 L at STP."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — ethane included."
}
An inflatable pool ring holds 0.20 mol of gas. At the same temperature and pressure it is pumped up to 0.80 mol. How does its final volume compare with its starting volume?
It is four times the starting volume. KEY
It is sixteen times the starting volume.
It is the same as the starting volume.
It is one quarter of the starting volume.
GAS-033 · medium · application · seq 5 · seed:U9-G3/pool[1] (= GAS-033 gateItems[1], James) — freshened (see seed_ref.edits) · mcq4
Two identical party balloons are filled to the same size in the same room, so both gases are at the same temperature and pressure — one holds hydrogen and the other xenon. The xenon balloon weighs more. Which statement about the particle counts is correct?
The two balloons hold equal numbers of particles — the xenon particles are simply heavier. KEY
The xenon balloon holds more particles, which is why it weighs more.
The hydrogen balloon holds more particles, because lighter particles pack closer together.
The counts cannot be compared without weighing both balloons.
A student says, 'Forcing more gas into a bike tire's inner tube makes it bigger because the gas particles expand to fill the space.' Which correction fixes the claim?
The particles never change size — the added particles add collisions that move the walls out. KEY
The particles do expand a little, but only while the gas is actively being forced in.
The claim is right as stated — filling the available space is what a gas always does.
The particles stay the same size, and the tube grows because the rubber warms and loosens.
A cylinder releases 33.6 L of chlorine gas, measured at STP. How many moles of chlorine is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 1.5 mol KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 752.64,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 0.667,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 33.6 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 33.6 / 22.4\nn = 1.50 mol\n33.6 L is more than 22.4 L, so the answer had to exceed one mole — 1.50 mol passes that check."
}
A hydrogen storage bag holds 112 L of hydrogen at STP. How many moles of hydrogen is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 5.0 mol KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 2508.8,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 0.2,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 112 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 112 / 22.4\nn = 5.00 mol\n112 L is five times 22.4 L, so the answer had to land at five moles — 5.00 mol passes that check."
}
A balloon at STP holds 4.48 L of neon. How many moles of neon is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.2 mol KEY
also accepted: .200
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 100.35,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 5.0,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 4.48 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 4.48 / 22.4\nn = 0.200 mol\n4.48 L is less than 22.4 L, so the answer had to come out below one mole — 0.200 mol passes that check."
}
A welding supplier fills a gas reservoir with 5.00 mol of argon at STP. What volume, in liters, does the argon occupy? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 112 L KEY
also accepted: 112.
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.223,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 4.48,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 5.00 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 5.00 × 22.4\nV = 112 L\nFive moles must fill five times 22.4 L — 112 L passes that check."
}
A laboratory generator produces 0.0500 mol of hydrogen gas, collected at STP. What volume, in liters, does it occupy? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 1.12 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.00223,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 448,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.0500 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.0500 × 22.4\nV = 1.12 L\nWell under one mole must fill well under 22.4 L — 1.12 L passes that check; 448 L fails it."
}
A gas cylinder holds 0.275 mol of ammonia. What volume, in liters, would the ammonia occupy at STP? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 6.16 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.0123,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 81.5,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.275 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.275 × 22.4\nV = 6.16 L\nA bit more than a quarter of a mole must fill a bit more than a quarter of 22.4 L — 6.16 L passes that check."
}
What does the 'universal' in universal gas constant mean?
R is one fixed number, the same for every gas. KEY
R has a different value for each gas, but every value has been measured.
R equals the molar volume of any gas.
R is the pressure that every gas settles at.
GAS-040 · medium · application · seq 17 · seed:U9-G3/pool[21] (= GAS-040 gateItems[0], James) — AMENDED (see seed_ref.edits; field mapping; = demo_curated[0], dedup recorded in seed_placement.json) · numeric
A sealed, rigid 32.84 L tank holds 2.00 mol of gas at 1.06 atm. What is the temperature of the gas, in kelvin? (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 212 K KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 5.72,
"misconception": "you multiplied PV by nR instead of dividing PV by nR",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied PV by nR instead of dividing PV by nR."
},
{
"value": 0.00472,
"misconception": "you divided nR by PV instead of PV by nR",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided nR by PV instead of PV by nR."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP = 1.06 atm\nV = 32.84 L\nn = 2.00 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake T the subject:\nT = PV ÷ (nR)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nT = (1.06 × 32.84) ÷ (2.00 × 0.0821)\nT = 212 K"
}
GAS-040 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · seed:U9-G3/pool[22] (= GAS-040 gateItems[1], James) — verbatim (field mapping only; = demo_curated[1], dedup recorded in seed_placement.json) · numeric
0.650 mol of gas is sealed in a rigid 8.21 L cylinder at 127 °C. What is the pressure in the cylinder, in atm? (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 2.6 atm KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.826,
"misconception": "you substituted the Celsius temperature — convert first: 127 + 273 = 400 K",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you substituted the Celsius temperature — convert first: 127 + 273 = 400 K."
},
{
"value": 0.385,
"misconception": "you divided V by nRT — P is nRT divided by V",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided V by nRT — P is nRT divided by V."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.650 mol\nV = 8.21 L\nConvert the temperature to kelvin:\nT = 127 + 273 = 400 K\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake P the subject:\nP = nRT ÷ V\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP = 0.650 × 0.0821 × 400 ÷ 8.21\nP = 2.60 atm"
}
GAS-040 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · seed:U9-G3/pool[23] (= GAS-040 gateItems[2], James) — verbatim (field mapping only; = demo_curated[2], dedup recorded in seed_placement.json) · numeric
How many liters does 1.00 mol of ozone occupy at 350 K and 760 mmHg? (1 atm = 760 mmHg; R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 28.7 L KEY
also accepted: 28.7
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.0378,
"misconception": "you substituted 760 without converting — 760 mmHg is exactly 1.00 atm",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you substituted 760 without converting — 760 mmHg is exactly 1.00 atm."
},
{
"value": 3.78,
"misconception": "you converted 760 mmHg to 7.60 atm — 760 mmHg is 1.00 atm, not 7.60",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you converted 760 mmHg to 7.60 atm — 760 mmHg is 1.00 atm, not 7.60."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 1.00 mol\nT = 350 K\nConvert the pressure to atm:\nP = 760 mmHg = 1.00 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake V the subject:\nV = nRT ÷ P\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 1.00 × 0.0821 × 350 ÷ 1.00\nV = 28.7 L"
}
GAS-036 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
At STP, tank P holds 22.4 L of krypton and tank Q holds exactly twice that volume of ethene. Which statement about the amounts of gas is correct?
Tank Q holds twice the moles — 2.00 mol to tank P's 1.00 mol. KEY
The tanks hold equal moles, because the molar volume is the same for every gas.
Tank P holds more moles, because krypton atoms pack more tightly.
The amounts cannot be compared, because the tanks hold different gases.
GAS-037 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (UNSEEDED — prod_seeds = []; fresh gas pair + exact-division values per form) · frq
A demonstration cart carries two gas samples, both at STP: a gas bag holding 6.72 L of krypton, and a small cylinder holding 0.150 mol of xenon.
A demonstration cart carries two gas samples, both at STP: a gas bag holding 6.72 L of krypton, and a small cylinder holding 0.150 mol of xenon.
(a) How many moles of krypton is the 6.72 L? Show every step of your working.
(b) What volume, in liters, will the 0.150 mol of xenon fill at STP? Show every step of your working.
(c) Both answers use the same 22.4 L/mol figure even though krypton and xenon are different gases. Explain in words why the same per-mole volume works for both gases, and why neither calculation would be valid away from STP.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. How many moles of krypton is the 6.72 L? Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: V = 6.72 L
Equation: n = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol
Working: n = 6.72 / 22.4
n = 0.300 mol
Part b. What volume, in liters, will the 0.150 mol of xenon fill at STP? Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: n = 0.150 mol
Equation: V = n × 22.4 L/mol
Working: V = 0.150 × 22.4
V = 3.36 L
Part c. Both answers use the same 22.4 L/mol figure even though krypton and xenon are different gases. Explain in words why the same per-mole volume works for both gases, and why neither calculation would be valid away from STP.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — the kind of gas makes no difference, so the same 22.4 L/mol figure converts for krypton and for xenon alike. The figure holds only at STP: at any other temperature or pressure a mole of gas fills a different volume, so away from STP neither division nor multiplication by 22.4 would give the right amount.
Full model answer. (a) Values: V = 6.72 L
Equation: n = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol
Working: n = 6.72 / 22.4
n = 0.300 mol
(b) Values: n = 0.150 mol
Equation: V = n × 22.4 L/mol
Working: V = 0.150 × 22.4
V = 3.36 L
(c) One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — the kind of gas makes no difference, so the same 22.4 L/mol figure converts for krypton and for xenon alike. The figure holds only at STP: at any other temperature or pressure a mole of gas fills a different volume, so away from STP neither division nor multiplication by 22.4 would give the right amount.
GAS-040 · medium · application · seq 22 · authored (UNSEEDED — prod_seeds = []; 8.21-family exact combos; kelvin-conversion-first / mmHg-to-atm-first per the lesson) · frq
A rigid 16.42 L cylinder in a cold store holds xenon at 2.75 atm and 2 °C. (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).)
A rigid 16.42 L cylinder in a cold store holds xenon at 2.75 atm and 2 °C. (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).)
(a) Before calculating: with R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), state the unit each of the four quantities P, V, n, and T must use in PV = nRT.
(b) Calculate the moles of xenon in the cylinder. Show every step of your working, including the temperature conversion.
(c) A classmate skipped the conversion in part (b) and substituted the Celsius value as given. State roughly what answer that gives and explain, using the equation, why it must be wrong.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. Before calculating: with R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), state the unit each of the four quantities P, V, n, and T must use in PV = nRT.
Model: With R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), the units must match R's own unit: pressure in atm, volume in liters, amount of gas in moles, and temperature in kelvin.
Part b. Calculate the moles of xenon in the cylinder. Show every step of your working, including the temperature conversion.
Model: Values:
P = 2.75 atm
V = 16.42 L
Convert the temperature to kelvin:
T = 2 + 273 = 275 K
Equation: PV = nRT
Rearranged for n: n = PV ÷ (RT)
Working: n = (2.75 × 16.42) ÷ (0.0821 × 275)
n = 2.00 mol
Part c. A classmate skipped the conversion in part (b) and substituted the Celsius value as given. State roughly what answer that gives and explain, using the equation, why it must be wrong.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: Substituting 2 instead of 275 gives n = 45.155 ÷ (0.0821 × 2) ≈ 275 mol. That is absurd for a 16.42 L cylinder — the divisor RT was made about 137 times too small. With R in L·atm/(mol·K), T must be the kelvin temperature, 275 K, not the Celsius reading.
Full model answer. (a) With R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), the units must match R's own unit: pressure in atm, volume in liters, amount of gas in moles, and temperature in kelvin.
(b) Values:
P = 2.75 atm
V = 16.42 L
Convert the temperature to kelvin:
T = 2 + 273 = 275 K
Equation: PV = nRT
Rearranged for n: n = PV ÷ (RT)
Working: n = (2.75 × 16.42) ÷ (0.0821 × 275)
n = 2.00 mol
(c) Substituting 2 instead of 275 gives n = 45.155 ÷ (0.0821 × 2) ≈ 275 mol. That is absurd for a 16.42 L cylinder — the divisor RT was made about 137 times too small. With R in L·atm/(mol·K), T must be the kelvin temperature, 275 K, not the Celsius reading.
A calibration chamber holds a test gas exactly at STP. What is the temperature inside the chamber, in kelvin?
Answer: 273 K KEY
also accepted: 273 K
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"value": 0,
"misconception": "you gave the Celsius value — standard temperature is 0 °C, which is 273 K",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave the Celsius value — standard temperature is 0 °C, which is 273 K."
},
{
"value": 298,
"misconception": "you gave room temperature in kelvin — standard temperature is 273 K, colder than a typical room",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave room temperature in kelvin — standard temperature is 273 K, colder than a typical room."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "'At STP' fixes the temperature at standard temperature, which is 273 K (0 °C)."
}
A storage cylinder holds exactly 1.00 mol of krypton at STP. What volume, in liters, does the krypton fill? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 22.4 L KEY
also accepted: 22.4 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 273,
"misconception": "you gave standard temperature — 273 is the kelvin value at STP; the molar volume is 22.4 L",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave standard temperature — 273 is the kelvin value at STP; the molar volume is 22.4 L."
},
{
"value": 44.8,
"misconception": "you doubled the molar volume — ONE mole of any gas fills 22.4 L at STP",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you doubled the molar volume — ONE mole of any gas fills 22.4 L at STP."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — krypton included."
}
A dispenser releases gas into a soft-walled reservoir at constant temperature and pressure. To make the reservoir's volume grow from 1.5 L to 4.5 L, how must the moles of gas change?
They must triple. KEY
They must increase by 3 mol.
They can stay the same if the gas is warmed instead.
They must triple, but only if the gas is xenon.
GAS-033 · medium · application · seq 5 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
Two identical 3.0 L syringes are filled at the same temperature and the same pressure, one with ethene and one with xenon. Which syringe holds more gas particles?
Neither — the two syringes hold equal numbers of particles. KEY
The xenon syringe — heavier atoms mean more gas is packed inside.
The ethene syringe, because its molecules are smaller and pack closer.
It cannot be decided without weighing both syringes.
A loose, floppy plastic bag — its slack walls push back with no force of their own — has just finished expanding after extra gas was pumped in. How does the inside push on its walls now compare with the outside pressure?
They are equal — the bag stopped expanding when the pushes balanced. KEY
The inside push is still greater, which is what keeps the bag inflated.
The inside push is now smaller, because expansion used it up.
The inside push has dropped to zero, because the particles finished spreading out.
GAS-034 · medium · application · seq 7 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A student says an inflatable paddle board firms up and grows when pumped because 'the gas particles stick to the inside walls and stretch them outward.' Which correction fixes the claim?
Particles bounce off the walls rather than sticking — the bouncing is the push. KEY
The particles do stick, but only until the board is completely full.
The board grows because the pump's plunger pushes the walls directly.
The claim is right — a layer of particles coats the walls and stretches them.
A test rig delivers 78.4 L of xenon, measured at STP. How many moles of gas is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 3.5 mol KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1756.16,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 0.286,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 78.4 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 78.4 / 22.4\nn = 3.50 mol\n78.4 L is more than 22.4 L, so the answer had to exceed one mole — 3.50 mol passes that check."
}
A propane vaporizer supplies 50.4 L of propane gas at STP. How many moles of gas is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 2.25 mol KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1128.96,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 0.444,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 50.4 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 50.4 / 22.4\nn = 2.25 mol\n50.4 L is more than 22.4 L, so the answer had to exceed one mole — 2.25 mol passes that check."
}
A gas pipette dispenses 13.44 L of propene at STP. How many moles of gas is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.6 mol KEY
also accepted: .600
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 301.06,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 1.67,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 13.44 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 13.44 / 22.4\nn = 0.600 mol\n13.44 L is less than 22.4 L, so the answer had to come out below one mole — 0.600 mol passes that check."
}
A gas generator delivers 7.50 mol of ethane, collected at STP. What volume, in liters, does it occupy? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 168 L KEY
also accepted: 168.
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.335,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 2.99,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 7.50 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 7.50 × 22.4\nV = 168 L\nMore than one mole must fill more than 22.4 L — 168 L passes that check."
}
A microreactor evolves 0.0875 mol of propene, collected at STP. What volume, in liters, does it occupy? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 1.96 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.00391,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 256,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.0875 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.0875 × 22.4\nV = 1.96 L\nLess than one mole must fill less than 22.4 L — 1.96 L passes that check."
}
A butane cartridge holds 0.375 mol of butane. What volume, in liters, would the butane occupy at STP? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 8.4 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.0167,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 59.7,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.375 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.375 × 22.4\nV = 8.40 L\nLess than one mole must fill less than 22.4 L — 8.40 L passes that check."
}
A rigid 16.42 L storage sphere holds a gas at 3.00 atm and 250 K. How many moles of gas does it hold? (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 2.4 mol KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.417,
"misconception": "you divided RT by PV instead of PV by RT",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided RT by PV instead of PV by RT."
},
{
"value": 0.197,
"misconception": "you left R out — the bottom of the fraction is RT, not T alone",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you left R out — the bottom of the fraction is RT, not T alone."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP = 3.00 atm\nV = 16.42 L\nT = 250 K\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake n the subject:\nn = PV ÷ (RT)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = (3.00 × 16.42) ÷ (0.0821 × 250)\nn = 2.40 mol"
}
GAS-040 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (fresh instance + fresh exact-division values per blueprint case_target) · numeric
What volume, in liters, does 0.200 mol of krypton occupy at 52 °C and 1.00 atm? (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 5.34 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.854,
"misconception": "you substituted the Celsius temperature — convert first: 52 + 273 = 325 K",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you substituted the Celsius temperature — convert first: 52 + 273 = 325 K."
},
{
"value": 0.187,
"misconception": "you divided P by nRT — V is nRT divided by P",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided P by nRT — V is nRT divided by P."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.200 mol\nP = 1.00 atm\nConvert the temperature to kelvin:\nT = 52 + 273 = 325 K\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake V the subject:\nV = nRT ÷ P\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.200 × 0.0821 × 325 ÷ 1.00\nV = 5.34 L"
}
GAS-040 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (fresh instance + fresh exact-division values per blueprint case_target) · numeric
A rigid 24.63 L canister holds 1.00 mol of gas at 1026 mmHg. What is the temperature of the gas, in kelvin? (1 atm = 760 mmHg; R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 405 K KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 307800,
"misconception": "you substituted 1026 without converting — 1026 mmHg is 1.35 atm",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you substituted 1026 without converting — 1026 mmHg is 1.35 atm."
},
{
"value": 3078,
"misconception": "you converted 1026 mmHg to 10.26 atm — dividing by 760 gives 1.35 atm",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you converted 1026 mmHg to 10.26 atm — dividing by 760 gives 1.35 atm."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 24.63 L\nn = 1.00 mol\nConvert the pressure to atm:\nP = 1026 mmHg = 1.35 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake T the subject:\nT = PV ÷ (nR)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nT = (1.35 × 24.63) ÷ (1.00 × 0.0821)\nT = 405 K"
}
GAS-036 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A 22.4 L flask of ethyne is labeled '1.00 mol' — but the flask sits in a 40 °C drying room at 1 atm. Which reading of the label is right?
The label is wrong here — 22.4 L pins down 1.00 mol only at STP. KEY
The label is right — 22.4 L of any gas is always 1.00 mol.
The label is wrong because ethyne never follows the molar volume.
The label is right as long as the pressure stays at 1 atm.
GAS-037 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (UNSEEDED — prod_seeds = []; fresh gas pair + exact-division values per form) · frq
A balloon-filling station has two supplies, both handled at STP: a manifold that has released 3.92 L of ethene, and a tank feeding out 0.0375 mol of ethane.
A balloon-filling station has two supplies, both handled at STP: a manifold that has released 3.92 L of ethene, and a tank feeding out 0.0375 mol of ethane.
(a) How many moles of ethene is the 3.92 L? Show every step of your working.
(b) What volume, in liters, will the 0.0375 mol of ethane fill at STP? Show every step of your working.
(c) Both answers use the same 22.4 L/mol figure even though ethene and ethane are different gases. Explain in words why the same per-mole volume works for both gases, and why neither calculation would be valid away from STP.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. How many moles of ethene is the 3.92 L? Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: V = 3.92 L
Equation: n = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol
Working: n = 3.92 / 22.4
n = 0.175 mol
Part b. What volume, in liters, will the 0.0375 mol of ethane fill at STP? Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: n = 0.0375 mol
Equation: V = n × 22.4 L/mol
Working: V = 0.0375 × 22.4
V = 0.840 L
Part c. Both answers use the same 22.4 L/mol figure even though ethene and ethane are different gases. Explain in words why the same per-mole volume works for both gases, and why neither calculation would be valid away from STP.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — the kind of gas makes no difference, so the same 22.4 L/mol figure converts for ethene and for ethane alike. The figure holds only at STP: at any other temperature or pressure a mole of gas fills a different volume, so away from STP neither division nor multiplication by 22.4 would give the right amount.
Full model answer. (a) Values: V = 3.92 L
Equation: n = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol
Working: n = 3.92 / 22.4
n = 0.175 mol
(b) Values: n = 0.0375 mol
Equation: V = n × 22.4 L/mol
Working: V = 0.0375 × 22.4
V = 0.840 L
(c) One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — the kind of gas makes no difference, so the same 22.4 L/mol figure converts for ethene and for ethane alike. The figure holds only at STP: at any other temperature or pressure a mole of gas fills a different volume, so away from STP neither division nor multiplication by 22.4 would give the right amount.
GAS-040 · medium · application · seq 22 · authored (UNSEEDED — prod_seeds = []; 8.21-family exact combos; kelvin-conversion-first / mmHg-to-atm-first per the lesson) · frq
A heat-treatment line's rigid 8.21 L test cell holds 1.20 mol of gas at 302 °C. (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).)
A heat-treatment line's rigid 8.21 L test cell holds 1.20 mol of gas at 302 °C. (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).)
(a) Before calculating: with R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), state the unit each of the four quantities P, V, n, and T must use in PV = nRT.
(b) Calculate the pressure in the test cell, in atm. Show every step of your working, including the temperature conversion.
(c) A classmate skipped the conversion in part (b) and substituted the Celsius value as given. State roughly what answer that gives and explain, using the equation, why it must be wrong.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. Before calculating: with R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), state the unit each of the four quantities P, V, n, and T must use in PV = nRT.
Model: With R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), the units must match R's own unit: pressure in atm, volume in liters, amount of gas in moles, and temperature in kelvin.
Part b. Calculate the pressure in the test cell, in atm. Show every step of your working, including the temperature conversion.
Model: Values:
n = 1.20 mol
V = 8.21 L
Convert the temperature to kelvin:
T = 302 + 273 = 575 K
Equation: PV = nRT
Rearranged for P: P = nRT ÷ V
Working: P = 1.20 × 0.0821 × 575 ÷ 8.21
P = 6.90 atm
Part c. A classmate skipped the conversion in part (b) and substituted the Celsius value as given. State roughly what answer that gives and explain, using the equation, why it must be wrong.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: Substituting 302 instead of 575 gives P = 1.20 × 0.0821 × 302 ÷ 8.21 ≈ 3.62 atm. That undershoots by nearly half, because 302 is only about half of the true kelvin temperature, 575 K. The equation's T is the kelvin temperature, so the Celsius reading must be converted before substituting.
Full model answer. (a) With R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), the units must match R's own unit: pressure in atm, volume in liters, amount of gas in moles, and temperature in kelvin.
(b) Values:
n = 1.20 mol
V = 8.21 L
Convert the temperature to kelvin:
T = 302 + 273 = 575 K
Equation: PV = nRT
Rearranged for P: P = nRT ÷ V
Working: P = 1.20 × 0.0821 × 575 ÷ 8.21
P = 6.90 atm
(c) Substituting 302 instead of 575 gives P = 1.20 × 0.0821 × 302 ÷ 8.21 ≈ 3.62 atm. That undershoots by nearly half, because 302 is only about half of the true kelvin temperature, 575 K. The equation's T is the kelvin temperature, so the Celsius reading must be converted before substituting.
A gas syringe of ethene is brought exactly to STP for a volume reading. What is the syringe's temperature, in degrees Celsius?
Answer: 0 °C KEY
also accepted: 0 °C, zero
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave the kelvin value — 273 K is standard temperature in kelvin; in Celsius it is 0 °C."
},
{
"value": 100,
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave water's boiling point — standard temperature is 0 °C, the freezing mark."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "'At STP' means 273 K and 1 atm — and 273 K is 0 °C, so the syringe sits at 0 °C."
}
At STP, a laboratory gas bag contains exactly 1.00 mol of nitrous oxide. What is the bag's volume, in liters? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 22.4 L KEY
also accepted: 22.4 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"value": 6.022,
"misconception": "you gave Avogadro's number's leading digits — 6.022 × 10²³ counts particles in a mole; the molar volume is 22.4 L",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave Avogadro's number's leading digits — 6.022 × 10²³ counts particles in a mole; the molar volume is 22.4 L."
},
{
"value": 11.2,
"misconception": "you halved the molar volume — one full mole fills the full 22.4 L at STP",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you halved the molar volume — one full mole fills the full 22.4 L at STP."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP, so the bag holds 22.4 L of nitrous oxide."
}
Which line belongs on a formula sheet as the ideal gas law?
PV = nRT KEY
P = nRTV
PV = n/(RT)
RT = nPV
GAS-033 · medium · application · seq 4 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
An inflatable camping seat holds 0.60 mol of gas at constant temperature and pressure. A valve releases 0.30 mol of it. What happens to the seat's volume?
It halves. KEY
It stays the same, because the leftover gas spreads out and fills it.
It becomes one quarter of its size.
It doubles.
GAS-033 · medium · application · seq 5 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A 7.5 L krypton canister and a 7.5 L ethene canister sit in the same storeroom, both at the same temperature and the same pressure. A label claims the krypton canister contains more particles because krypton is a denser gas. What is the correct reading?
The counts are equal — equal volumes at the same temperature and pressure hold equal numbers of particles. KEY
The label is correct — a denser gas packs more particles into the same space.
The ethene canister actually holds more particles, because its molecules are lighter and faster.
The claim cannot be checked without the mass of each canister.
GAS-034 · medium · application · seq 6 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A door-installation inflatable wedge is pumped up with small hand squeezes at steady temperature, and the wedge thickens. Using the particle model, why?
Each squeeze adds particles, and their extra wall collisions push the walls outward. KEY
The squeezed-in particles push each other apart until the wedge swells.
The wedge's rubber softens as gas flows through it, letting it stretch.
The added particles are compressed on the way in and then spring back to full size inside.
GAS-034 · medium · application · seq 7 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
'Pumping gas into a blow-up sofa makes it bigger because the pump warms the gas, and warm gas always takes up more space,' says a student. The sofa's temperature stays steady the whole time. Which correction fixes the claim?
The temperature is steady — the sofa grows because more particles are colliding with its walls. KEY
The pump must warm the gas at least a little, and that small warming does the job.
The gas particles themselves swell slightly as they enter the sofa.
The sofa's fabric loosens as it stretches, and that looseness makes the room.
GAS-035 · medium · application · seq 8 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
Four labeled gas samples are listed on a stockroom board. Which one is at STP?
Krypton at 0 °C and 1 atm KEY
Helium at 273 K and 101.3 atm
Ethene at 18 °C and 1 atm
Methane at 380 K and 1 atm
GAS-036 · medium · application · seq 9 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A 22.4 L drum holds propene at STP; a second 22.4 L drum beside it holds xenon, also at STP. Compare how much gas the two drums hold.
Each drum holds 1.00 mol. KEY
The xenon drum holds more moles, because each xenon atom weighs more.
The propene drum holds more moles, because its molecules are smaller.
No comparison is possible without weighing the drums.
A cryogenic supplier vaporizes a sample into 39.2 L of krypton gas at STP. How many moles of gas is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 1.75 mol KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 878.08,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 0.571,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 39.2 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 39.2 / 22.4\nn = 1.75 mol\n39.2 L is more than 22.4 L, so the answer had to exceed one mole — 1.75 mol passes that check."
}
A glove-box reservoir holds 84.0 L of ethyne at STP. How many moles of gas is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 3.75 mol KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1881.6,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 0.267,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 84.0 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 84.0 / 22.4\nn = 3.75 mol\n84.0 L is more than 22.4 L, so the answer had to exceed one mole — 3.75 mol passes that check."
}
A sample bulb holds 3.36 L of cyclopropane at STP. How many moles of gas is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.15 mol KEY
also accepted: .150
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 75.26,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 6.67,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 3.36 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 3.36 / 22.4\nn = 0.150 mol\n3.36 L is less than 22.4 L, so the answer had to come out below one mole — 0.150 mol passes that check."
}
A bottling plant fills 8.75 mol of ethane at STP. What volume, in liters, does the gas occupy? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 196 L KEY
also accepted: 196.
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.391,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 2.56,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 8.75 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 8.75 × 22.4\nV = 196 L\nMore than one mole must fill more than 22.4 L — 196 L passes that check."
}
A field test kit stores 0.175 mol of ozone, trapped at STP. What volume, in liters, does it occupy? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 3.92 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.00781,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 128,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.175 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.175 × 22.4\nV = 3.92 L\nLess than one mole must fill less than 22.4 L — 3.92 L passes that check."
}
A dosing canister meters out 0.225 mol of ozone. What volume, in liters, would it occupy at STP? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 5.04 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.01,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 99.6,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.225 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.225 × 22.4\nV = 5.04 L\nLess than one mole must fill less than 22.4 L — 5.04 L passes that check."
}
GAS-039 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A lab manual wrongly prints: 'Use R = 0.0821 for helium, but look up the different R value for each other gas.' Which correction fixes the manual?
R is universal — 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K) is the same one number for every gas. KEY
The values differ only for gases heavier than helium.
1.80 mol of methane fills a rigid 24.63 L tank at 400 K. What is the pressure in the tank, in atm? (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 2.4 atm KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 0.417,
"misconception": "you divided the volume by nRT instead of dividing nRT by the volume",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the volume by nRT instead of dividing nRT by the volume."
},
{
"value": 29.2,
"misconception": "you left R out — the top of the fraction is nRT, not nT",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you left R out — the top of the fraction is nRT, not nT."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 1.80 mol\nT = 400 K\nV = 24.63 L\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake P the subject:\nP = nRT ÷ V\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP = 1.80 × 0.0821 × 400 ÷ 24.63\nP = 2.40 atm"
}
GAS-040 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (fresh instance + fresh exact-division values per blueprint case_target) · numeric
A rigid 16.42 L vessel holds ethene at 3.75 atm and 102 °C. How many moles of gas does it hold? (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 2.0 mol KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 7.35,
"misconception": "you substituted the Celsius temperature — convert first: 102 + 273 = 375 K",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you substituted the Celsius temperature — convert first: 102 + 273 = 375 K."
},
{
"value": 0.5,
"misconception": "you divided RT by PV instead of PV by RT",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided RT by PV instead of PV by RT."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP = 3.75 atm\nV = 16.42 L\nConvert the temperature to kelvin:\nT = 102 + 273 = 375 K\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake n the subject:\nn = PV ÷ (RT)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = (3.75 × 16.42) ÷ (0.0821 × 375)\nn = 2.00 mol"
}
GAS-040 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (fresh instance + fresh exact-division values per blueprint case_target) · numeric
What volume, in liters, does 0.300 mol of xenon occupy at 550 K and 380 mmHg? (1 atm = 760 mmHg; R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 27.1 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 0.0356,
"misconception": "you substituted 380 without converting — 380 mmHg is 0.500 atm",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you substituted 380 without converting — 380 mmHg is 0.500 atm."
},
{
"value": 3.56,
"misconception": "you converted 380 mmHg to 3.80 atm — dividing by 760 gives 0.500 atm",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you converted 380 mmHg to 3.80 atm — dividing by 760 gives 0.500 atm."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.300 mol\nT = 550 K\nConvert the pressure to atm:\nP = 380 mmHg = 0.500 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake V the subject:\nV = nRT ÷ P\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.300 × 0.0821 × 550 ÷ 0.500\nV = 27.1 L"
}
GAS-036 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A rigid vessel kept at STP contains exactly 22.4 L of a single gas. Without weighing the vessel, what does that volume tell you?
The vessel holds 1.00 mol of the gas. KEY
The amount depends on the gas's molar mass, so weighing is required.
The vessel holds 22.4 mol.
The volume tells nothing about the amount unless the identity of the gas is known.
GAS-037 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (UNSEEDED — prod_seeds = []; fresh gas pair + exact-division values per form) · frq
A gas-supply room logs two deliveries, both measured at STP: a line that carried 7.28 L of ozone, and a bottle that discharged 0.0750 mol of propene.
A gas-supply room logs two deliveries, both measured at STP: a line that carried 7.28 L of ozone, and a bottle that discharged 0.0750 mol of propene.
(a) How many moles of ozone is the 7.28 L? Show every step of your working.
(b) What volume, in liters, will the 0.0750 mol of propene occupy at STP? Show every step of your working.
(c) Both answers use the same 22.4 L/mol figure even though ozone and propene are different gases. Explain in words why the same per-mole volume works for both gases, and why neither calculation would be valid away from STP.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. How many moles of ozone is the 7.28 L? Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: V = 7.28 L
Equation: n = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol
Working: n = 7.28 / 22.4
n = 0.325 mol
Part b. What volume, in liters, will the 0.0750 mol of propene occupy at STP? Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: n = 0.0750 mol
Equation: V = n × 22.4 L/mol
Working: V = 0.0750 × 22.4
V = 1.68 L
Part c. Both answers use the same 22.4 L/mol figure even though ozone and propene are different gases. Explain in words why the same per-mole volume works for both gases, and why neither calculation would be valid away from STP.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — the kind of gas makes no difference, so the same 22.4 L/mol figure converts for ozone and for propene alike. The figure holds only at STP: at any other temperature or pressure a mole of gas fills a different volume, so away from STP neither division nor multiplication by 22.4 would give the right amount.
Full model answer. (a) Values: V = 7.28 L
Equation: n = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol
Working: n = 7.28 / 22.4
n = 0.325 mol
(b) Values: n = 0.0750 mol
Equation: V = n × 22.4 L/mol
Working: V = 0.0750 × 22.4
V = 1.68 L
(c) One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — the kind of gas makes no difference, so the same 22.4 L/mol figure converts for ozone and for propene alike. The figure holds only at STP: at any other temperature or pressure a mole of gas fills a different volume, so away from STP neither division nor multiplication by 22.4 would give the right amount.
GAS-040 · medium · application · seq 22 · authored (UNSEEDED — prod_seeds = []; 8.21-family exact combos; kelvin-conversion-first / mmHg-to-atm-first per the lesson) · frq
A gas holder of 32.84 L contains exactly 1.00 mol of gas; its gauge reads 665 mmHg. (1 atm = 760 mmHg; R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).)
A gas holder of 32.84 L contains exactly 1.00 mol of gas; its gauge reads 665 mmHg. (1 atm = 760 mmHg; R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).)
(a) Before calculating: with R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), state the unit each of the four quantities P, V, n, and T must use in PV = nRT.
(b) Calculate the temperature of the gas, in kelvin. Show every step of your working, including the pressure conversion.
(c) A classmate skipped the conversion in part (b) and substituted the mmHg value as given. State roughly what answer that gives and explain, using the equation, why it must be wrong.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. Before calculating: with R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), state the unit each of the four quantities P, V, n, and T must use in PV = nRT.
Model: With R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), the units must match R's own unit: pressure in atm, volume in liters, amount of gas in moles, and temperature in kelvin.
Part b. Calculate the temperature of the gas, in kelvin. Show every step of your working, including the pressure conversion.
Model: Values:
V = 32.84 L
n = 1.00 mol
Convert the pressure to atm:
P = 665 mmHg = 0.875 atm
Equation: PV = nRT
Rearranged for T: T = PV ÷ (nR)
Working: T = (0.875 × 32.84) ÷ (1.00 × 0.0821)
T = 350 K
Part c. A classmate skipped the conversion in part (b) and substituted the mmHg value as given. State roughly what answer that gives and explain, using the equation, why it must be wrong.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: Substituting 665 instead of 0.875 gives T = (665 × 32.84) ÷ 0.0821 ≈ 266,000 K. No gas holder sits at a quarter of a million kelvin — the pressure was fed in 760 times too large. With this R, pressure must be in atm: 665 mmHg ÷ 760 = 0.875 atm.
Full model answer. (a) With R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), the units must match R's own unit: pressure in atm, volume in liters, amount of gas in moles, and temperature in kelvin.
(b) Values:
V = 32.84 L
n = 1.00 mol
Convert the pressure to atm:
P = 665 mmHg = 0.875 atm
Equation: PV = nRT
Rearranged for T: T = PV ÷ (nR)
Working: T = (0.875 × 32.84) ÷ (1.00 × 0.0821)
T = 350 K
(c) Substituting 665 instead of 0.875 gives T = (665 × 32.84) ÷ 0.0821 ≈ 266,000 K. No gas holder sits at a quarter of a million kelvin — the pressure was fed in 760 times too large. With this R, pressure must be in atm: 665 mmHg ÷ 760 = 0.875 atm.
The gas in a weather balloon is cooled until it is exactly at STP. What is its temperature, in kelvin?
Answer: 273 K KEY
also accepted: 273 K
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"value": 0,
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave the Celsius value — standard temperature is 0 °C, which is 273 K."
},
{
"value": 373,
"misconception": "you gave water's boiling point in kelvin — standard temperature is 273 K, the 0 °C mark",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave water's boiling point in kelvin — standard temperature is 273 K, the 0 °C mark."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Standard temperature is 273 K, which is 0 °C — that is the temperature 'at STP' names."
}
Exactly 1.00 mol of ethene is collected at STP. What volume, in liters, does it occupy? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 22.4 L KEY
also accepted: 22.4 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 273,
"misconception": "you gave standard temperature — 273 is the kelvin value at STP; the molar volume is 22.4 L",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave standard temperature — 273 is the kelvin value at STP; the molar volume is 22.4 L."
},
{
"value": 0.0821,
"misconception": "you gave the gas constant — R is 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K); the molar volume at STP is 22.4 L",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave the gas constant — R is 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K); the molar volume at STP is 22.4 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — the kind of gas makes no difference, so the ethene fills 22.4 L."
}
Four study cards each show one equation. Which card shows the ideal gas law?
PV = nRT KEY
T = PVnR
PV = R/(nT)
V/P = nRT
GAS-033 · medium · application · seq 4 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
An inflatable kayak seat is pumped from 0.40 mol of gas up to 2.00 mol at the same temperature and pressure. How does its final volume compare with its starting volume?
It is five times the starting volume. KEY
It is twenty-five times the starting volume.
It is the same as the starting volume, because the pressure has not changed.
It is one fifth of the starting volume.
GAS-033 · medium · application · seq 5 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A student says a 2.0 L bulb of xenon must contain fewer particles than a 2.0 L bulb of ozone at the same temperature and pressure, because xenon atoms are much heavier. Which correction fixes the claim?
The counts are equal — particle mass does not change the count at equal volume, temperature, and pressure. KEY
The student has it backwards — the xenon bulb holds MORE particles, because heavy atoms sink and crowd together.
The student is right, because heavier atoms each need more room.
The student is right at high pressure but wrong at low pressure.
GAS-034 · medium · application · seq 6 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
An inflatable gym ball's plug is removed and some of the gas inside rushes out; the hall's temperature does not change. In particle terms, why does the gym ball shrink?
Fewer particles hit the walls, so the outside pressure wins and squeezes the ball smaller. KEY
The remaining particles slow down and stop holding the walls up.
The escaping gas pulls the walls inward with it as it leaves.
The remaining particles gather at the center of the ball, away from the walls.
GAS-034 · medium · application · seq 7 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A student claims an inflatable tent sags overnight after a slow leak because 'the remaining particles slow down without the crowd around them.' The overnight temperature is unchanged. Which correction fixes the claim?
The particles keep the same average speed at the same temperature — fewer of them are colliding, so the outside pressure wins. KEY
The remaining particles really do slow down, because collisions between particles bleed away their energy.
The tent sags because the escaping gas drags the walls inward as it leaves.
The remaining particles settle onto the tent floor overnight, leaving the walls unsupported.
GAS-035 · medium · application · seq 8 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A data sheet lists a gas volume measured at 0 °C and 3.0 atm and stamps the entry 'at STP'. What is wrong with the stamp?
The pressure is not standard KEY
The temperature is not standard
Nothing — both values are standard
Both values miss the standards
GAS-036 · medium · application · seq 9 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A student insists that one full mole of xenon must fill LESS than 22.4 L at STP because xenon atoms are so heavy that they settle low in a container. Which correction fixes the claim?
One mole of ANY gas fills 22.4 L at STP — particle mass does not change the molar volume. KEY
Xenon really does fill less, and that difference is exactly what makes it denser.
Xenon actually fills MORE than 22.4 L, because heavy atoms each need extra room.
A gas concentrator's holding bag contains 61.6 L of nitrous oxide at STP. How many moles of gas is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 2.75 mol KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 1379.84,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 0.364,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 61.6 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 61.6 / 22.4\nn = 2.75 mol\n61.6 L is more than 22.4 L, so the answer had to exceed one mole — 2.75 mol passes that check."
}
A pipeline meters out 72.8 L of ethyne at STP. How many moles of gas is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 3.25 mol KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1630.72,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 0.308,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 72.8 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 72.8 / 22.4\nn = 3.25 mol\n72.8 L is more than 22.4 L, so the answer had to exceed one mole — 3.25 mol passes that check."
}
A collection jar traps 7.84 L of propene at STP. How many moles of gas is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.35 mol KEY
also accepted: .350
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 175.62,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 2.86,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 7.84 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 7.84 / 22.4\nn = 0.350 mol\n7.84 L is less than 22.4 L, so the answer had to come out below one mole — 0.350 mol passes that check."
}
A processing line produces 10.0 mol of ethane, held at STP. What volume, in liters, does the gas occupy? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 224 L KEY
also accepted: 224.
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 0.446,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 2.24,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 10.0 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 10.0 × 22.4\nV = 224 L\nMore than one mole must fill more than 22.4 L — 224 L passes that check."
}
A calibration burst injects 0.325 mol of ethene at STP. What volume, in liters, does it occupy? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 7.28 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.0145,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 68.9,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.325 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.325 × 22.4\nV = 7.28 L\nLess than one mole must fill less than 22.4 L — 7.28 L passes that check."
}
An ozone generator supplies 0.425 mol of ozone. What volume, in liters, would it occupy at STP? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 9.52 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.019,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 52.7,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.425 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.425 × 22.4\nV = 9.52 L\nLess than one mole must fill less than 22.4 L — 9.52 L passes that check."
}
GAS-039 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
Before using PV = nRT with R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), a student lines up values in kilopascals, liters, moles, and kelvin. Which single correction is needed?
Convert the pressure to atm — with this R, pressure must be in atmospheres. KEY
Convert the volume to milliliters.
Convert the temperature to degrees Celsius.
No correction is needed — any pressure unit works because R is universal.
What volume, in liters, does 0.625 mol of krypton fill at 280 K and 1.75 atm? (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 8.21 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.122,
"misconception": "you divided P by nRT — V is nRT divided by P",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided P by nRT — V is nRT divided by P."
},
{
"value": 14.4,
"misconception": "you forgot to divide by the pressure — V is nRT ÷ P",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you forgot to divide by the pressure — V is nRT ÷ P."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.625 mol\nT = 280 K\nP = 1.75 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake V the subject:\nV = nRT ÷ P\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.625 × 0.0821 × 280 ÷ 1.75\nV = 8.21 L"
}
GAS-040 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (fresh instance + fresh exact-division values per blueprint case_target) · numeric
0.600 mol of gas is held in a rigid 24.63 L tank at 152 °C. What is the pressure in the tank, in atm? (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.85 atm KEY
also accepted: .850
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 0.304,
"misconception": "you substituted the Celsius temperature — convert first: 152 + 273 = 425 K",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you substituted the Celsius temperature — convert first: 152 + 273 = 425 K."
},
{
"value": 1.18,
"misconception": "you divided V by nRT — P is nRT divided by V",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided V by nRT — P is nRT divided by V."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.600 mol\nV = 24.63 L\nConvert the temperature to kelvin:\nT = 152 + 273 = 425 K\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake P the subject:\nP = nRT ÷ V\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP = 0.600 × 0.0821 × 425 ÷ 24.63\nP = 0.850 atm"
}
GAS-040 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (fresh instance + fresh exact-division values per blueprint case_target) · numeric
A rigid 16.42 L cylinder holds 4.80 mol of gas at 2280 mmHg. What is the temperature of the gas, in kelvin? (1 atm = 760 mmHg; R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 125 K KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"value": 95000,
"misconception": "you substituted 2280 without converting — 2280 mmHg is 3.00 atm",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you substituted 2280 without converting — 2280 mmHg is 3.00 atm."
},
{
"value": 10.3,
"misconception": "you left R out — the bottom of the fraction is nR, not n alone",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you left R out — the bottom of the fraction is nR, not n alone."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 16.42 L\nn = 4.80 mol\nConvert the pressure to atm:\nP = 2280 mmHg = 3.00 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake T the subject:\nT = PV ÷ (nR)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nT = (3.00 × 16.42) ÷ (4.80 × 0.0821)\nT = 125 K"
}
GAS-036 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
Two rigid 22.4 L cylinders hold different gases. Cylinder 1 is at STP; cylinder 2 is at 60 °C and 1 atm. A checklist marks both as holding exactly 1.00 mol. What is right?
Only cylinder 1's entry is correct — the 22.4 L reading equals 1.00 mol only at STP. KEY
Both entries are right — 22.4 L is 1.00 mol at any conditions.
Neither entry can be right without knowing which gases are inside.
Both entries are right, because pressure is what matters and both are at 1 atm.
GAS-037 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (UNSEEDED — prod_seeds = []; fresh gas pair + exact-division values per form) · frq
A greenhouse dosing bench handles two gases, both at STP: a sleeve that collected 8.40 L of xenon, and a regulator set to deliver 0.125 mol of ethyne.
A greenhouse dosing bench handles two gases, both at STP: a sleeve that collected 8.40 L of xenon, and a regulator set to deliver 0.125 mol of ethyne.
(a) How many moles of xenon is the 8.40 L? Show every step of your working.
(b) What volume, in liters, will the 0.125 mol of ethyne fill at STP? Show every step of your working.
(c) Both answers use the same 22.4 L/mol figure even though xenon and ethyne are different gases. Explain in words why the same per-mole volume works for both gases, and why neither calculation would be valid away from STP.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. How many moles of xenon is the 8.40 L? Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: V = 8.40 L
Equation: n = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol
Working: n = 8.40 / 22.4
n = 0.375 mol
Part b. What volume, in liters, will the 0.125 mol of ethyne fill at STP? Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: n = 0.125 mol
Equation: V = n × 22.4 L/mol
Working: V = 0.125 × 22.4
V = 2.80 L
Part c. Both answers use the same 22.4 L/mol figure even though xenon and ethyne are different gases. Explain in words why the same per-mole volume works for both gases, and why neither calculation would be valid away from STP.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — the kind of gas makes no difference, so the same 22.4 L/mol figure converts for xenon and for ethyne alike. The figure holds only at STP: at any other temperature or pressure a mole of gas fills a different volume, so away from STP neither division nor multiplication by 22.4 would give the right amount.
Full model answer. (a) Values: V = 8.40 L
Equation: n = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol
Working: n = 8.40 / 22.4
n = 0.375 mol
(b) Values: n = 0.125 mol
Equation: V = n × 22.4 L/mol
Working: V = 0.125 × 22.4
V = 2.80 L
(c) One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — the kind of gas makes no difference, so the same 22.4 L/mol figure converts for xenon and for ethyne alike. The figure holds only at STP: at any other temperature or pressure a mole of gas fills a different volume, so away from STP neither division nor multiplication by 22.4 would give the right amount.
GAS-040 · medium · application · seq 22 · authored (UNSEEDED — prod_seeds = []; 8.21-family exact combos; kelvin-conversion-first / mmHg-to-atm-first per the lesson) · frq
A pilot-plant reservoir of 32.84 L holds a gas at 798 mmHg and 525 K. (1 atm = 760 mmHg; R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).)
A pilot-plant reservoir of 32.84 L holds a gas at 798 mmHg and 525 K. (1 atm = 760 mmHg; R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).)
(a) Before calculating: with R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), state the unit each of the four quantities P, V, n, and T must use in PV = nRT.
(b) Calculate the moles of gas in the reservoir. Show every step of your working, including the pressure conversion.
(c) A classmate skipped the conversion in part (b) and substituted the mmHg value as given. State roughly what answer that gives and explain, using the equation, why it must be wrong.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. Before calculating: with R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), state the unit each of the four quantities P, V, n, and T must use in PV = nRT.
Model: With R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), the units must match R's own unit: pressure in atm, volume in liters, amount of gas in moles, and temperature in kelvin.
Part b. Calculate the moles of gas in the reservoir. Show every step of your working, including the pressure conversion.
Model: Values:
V = 32.84 L
T = 525 K
Convert the pressure to atm:
P = 798 mmHg = 1.05 atm
Equation: PV = nRT
Rearranged for n: n = PV ÷ (RT)
Working: n = (1.05 × 32.84) ÷ (0.0821 × 525)
n = 0.800 mol
Part c. A classmate skipped the conversion in part (b) and substituted the mmHg value as given. State roughly what answer that gives and explain, using the equation, why it must be wrong.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: Substituting 798 instead of 1.05 gives n = (798 × 32.84) ÷ (0.0821 × 525) ≈ 608 mol. 608 mol in a 32.84 L reservoir is absurd — the pressure went in 760 times too large. With this R, pressure must be in atm: 798 mmHg ÷ 760 = 1.05 atm.
Full model answer. (a) With R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), the units must match R's own unit: pressure in atm, volume in liters, amount of gas in moles, and temperature in kelvin.
(b) Values:
V = 32.84 L
T = 525 K
Convert the pressure to atm:
P = 798 mmHg = 1.05 atm
Equation: PV = nRT
Rearranged for n: n = PV ÷ (RT)
Working: n = (1.05 × 32.84) ÷ (0.0821 × 525)
n = 0.800 mol
(c) Substituting 798 instead of 1.05 gives n = (798 × 32.84) ÷ (0.0821 × 525) ≈ 608 mol. 608 mol in a 32.84 L reservoir is absurd — the pressure went in 760 times too large. With this R, pressure must be in atm: 798 mmHg ÷ 760 = 1.05 atm.
A rigid flask of krypton sits exactly at STP inside a test cabinet. What is the flask's temperature, in degrees Celsius?
Answer: 0 °C KEY
also accepted: 0 °C, zero
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"value": 273,
"misconception": "you gave the kelvin value — 273 K is standard temperature in kelvin; in Celsius it is 0 °C",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave the kelvin value — 273 K is standard temperature in kelvin; in Celsius it is 0 °C."
},
{
"value": -273,
"misconception": "you flipped the conversion — 0 °C equals 273 K; absolute zero, −273 °C, is not standard temperature",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you flipped the conversion — 0 °C equals 273 K; absolute zero, −273 °C, is not standard temperature."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Standard temperature is 273 K, which is 0 °C — so a flask at STP reads 0 °C."
}
A sealed vessel at STP holds exactly 1.00 mol of xenon. What is the vessel's volume, in liters? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 22.4 L KEY
also accepted: 22.4 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 44.8,
"misconception": "you doubled the molar volume — ONE mole of any gas fills 22.4 L at STP",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you doubled the molar volume — ONE mole of any gas fills 22.4 L at STP."
},
{
"value": 6.022,
"misconception": "you gave Avogadro's number's leading digits — 6.022 × 10²³ counts particles in a mole; the molar volume is 22.4 L",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you gave Avogadro's number's leading digits — 6.022 × 10²³ counts particles in a mole; the molar volume is 22.4 L."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — xenon included, whatever its atoms weigh."
}
In a lab notebook, which equation correctly ties together the pressure, volume, moles, and temperature of one snapshot of a gas?
PV = nRT KEY
PVT = nR
n = PVRT
PV = nT/R
GAS-033 · medium · application · seq 4 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A flexible gas bladder on a workbench must double its volume while its temperature and pressure stay constant. How must the moles of gas inside change?
They must double. KEY
They must quadruple.
They can stay the same if the bladder is squeezed less firmly.
They must halve.
GAS-033 · medium · application · seq 5 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
Two identical 5.5 L gas reservoirs at the same temperature and pressure hold krypton and ethyne. Once filled, the krypton reservoir weighs far more than the ethyne one. What does the weight difference show?
Only that each krypton atom is heavier — the two reservoirs hold equal numbers of particles. KEY
That the krypton reservoir holds more particles, which is where the extra weight comes from.
That the ethyne reservoir holds more particles, because small molecules fit more tightly.
That the reservoirs cannot hold equal counts, because different gases fill space differently.
GAS-034 · medium · application · seq 6 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A pool float is given one long push of gas from a pump and then left alone. It grew quickly at first, but it has stopped growing even though it is still soft and flexible. Why did the growth stop?
Expansion thins the collisions out, so the inside push falls back to the outside pressure. KEY
The particles lose their energy of motion after making so many collisions.
The particles stop colliding with the walls once the float has taken shape.
The outside pressure climbs until it pins the float at one size.
GAS-034 · medium · application · seq 7 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
'A gas spreads out to fill its container, so an inflatable lounger fills out on its own without any push on the walls,' a student writes. Which correction fixes the claim?
Spreading out fills existing space — moving the walls outward takes collisions that beat the outside pressure. KEY
The claim is right — for a gas, filling a space and pushing its walls are the same thing.
The lounger fills out because the particles stack up against the far wall.
Each gas particle puffs up once it is inside, and the swollen particles hold the lounger out.
GAS-035 · medium · application · seq 8 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A technician may adjust one setting to bring a sample of gas at 21 °C and 1 atm to STP. Which single change does it?
Cool it to 0 °C and leave the pressure at 1 atm. KEY
Raise the pressure to 101.3 atm and leave the temperature alone.
Warm it to 273 °C and leave the pressure alone.
Change nothing — 21 °C and 1 atm is already STP.
GAS-036 · medium · application · seq 9 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A lab room at 30 °C keeps a cylinder holding exactly one mole of ozone at 1 atm. A wall poster says the ozone occupies 22.4 L. What is wrong with the poster?
22.4 L holds only at STP, and 30 °C is not standard temperature. KEY
Nothing — one mole of any gas always fills 22.4 L.
The pressure is the problem — 1 atm is not standard.
The figure fails because ozone molecules are too large for it.
A purge line vents 95.2 L of xenon, measured at STP. How many moles of gas is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 4.25 mol KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 0.235,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 95.2 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 95.2 / 22.4\nn = 4.25 mol\n95.2 L is more than 22.4 L, so the answer had to exceed one mole — 4.25 mol passes that check."
}
A welding-gas cylinder releases 100.8 L of ethyne, measured at STP. How many moles of gas is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 4.5 mol KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
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"value": 2257.92,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 0.222,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 100.8 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 100.8 / 22.4\nn = 4.50 mol\n100.8 L is four and a half times 22.4 L, so the answer had to exceed one mole — 4.50 mol passes that check."
}
A demonstration syringe holds 2.80 L of propene at STP. How many moles of gas is that? Give your answer in mol to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.125 mol KEY
also accepted: .125
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 62.72,
"misconception": "you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied by the molar volume instead of dividing."
},
{
"value": 8.0,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the volume — the gas volume goes on top."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 2.80 L\nWrite down the equation:\nn = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = 2.80 / 22.4\nn = 0.125 mol\n2.80 L is less than 22.4 L, so the answer had to come out below one mole — 0.125 mol passes that check."
}
A distribution main carries 15.0 mol of ethane at STP. What volume, in liters, does the gas occupy? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 336 L KEY
also accepted: 336.
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 0.67,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 1.49,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 15.0 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 15.0 × 22.4\nV = 336 L\nMore than one mole must fill more than 22.4 L — 336 L passes that check."
}
A trace-gas doser emits 0.0250 mol of xenon at STP. What volume, in liters, does it occupy? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.56 L KEY
also accepted: .560
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.00112,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 896,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.0250 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.0250 × 22.4\nV = 0.560 L\nLess than one mole must fill less than 22.4 L — 0.560 L passes that check."
}
A leak-test rig uses 0.0625 mol of krypton. What volume, in liters, would it occupy at STP? Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 1.4 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.00279,
"misconception": "you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided by the molar volume instead of multiplying."
},
{
"value": 358,
"misconception": "you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided the molar volume by the moles instead of multiplying them."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 0.0625 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4 L/mol\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.0625 × 22.4\nV = 1.40 L\nLess than one mole must fill less than 22.4 L — 1.40 L passes that check."
}
GAS-039 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A gas-supplier catalog calls its krypton 'ideal for welding.' In the ideal gas law's sense of the word, what would calling a gas 'ideal' actually mean?
It behaves exactly as the kinetic molecular theory assumes. KEY
It is stored exactly at STP.
It is completely pure krypton with no other gases mixed in.
A rigid 32.84 L reactor vessel holds 2.00 mol of gas at 2.31 atm. What is the temperature of the gas, in kelvin? (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 462 K KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 12.5,
"misconception": "you multiplied PV by nR instead of dividing PV by nR",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you multiplied PV by nR instead of dividing PV by nR."
},
{
"value": 0.00216,
"misconception": "you divided nR by PV instead of PV by nR",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided nR by PV instead of PV by nR."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP = 2.31 atm\nV = 32.84 L\nn = 2.00 mol\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake T the subject:\nT = PV ÷ (nR)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nT = (2.31 × 32.84) ÷ (2.00 × 0.0821)\nT = 462 K"
}
GAS-040 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (fresh instance + fresh exact-division values per blueprint case_target) · numeric
What volume, in liters, does 1.60 mol of gas occupy at 202 °C and 2.00 atm? (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 31.2 L KEY
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 13.3,
"misconception": "you substituted the Celsius temperature — convert first: 202 + 273 = 475 K",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you substituted the Celsius temperature — convert first: 202 + 273 = 475 K."
},
{
"value": 0.0321,
"misconception": "you divided P by nRT — V is nRT divided by P",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you divided P by nRT — V is nRT divided by P."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nn = 1.60 mol\nP = 2.00 atm\nConvert the temperature to kelvin:\nT = 202 + 273 = 475 K\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake V the subject:\nV = nRT ÷ P\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 1.60 × 0.0821 × 475 ÷ 2.00\nV = 31.2 L"
}
GAS-040 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (fresh instance + fresh exact-division values per blueprint case_target) · numeric
A furnace test loop holds a gas in a rigid 24.63 L section at 800 K and 1520 mmHg. How many moles of gas are in the section? (1 atm = 760 mmHg; R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).) Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 0.75 mol KEY
also accepted: .750
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 570,
"misconception": "you substituted 1520 without converting — 1520 mmHg is 2.00 atm",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you substituted 1520 without converting — 1520 mmHg is 2.00 atm."
},
{
"value": 5.7,
"misconception": "you converted 1520 mmHg to 15.2 atm — dividing by 760 gives 2.00 atm",
"feedback": "This answer is wrong — you converted 1520 mmHg to 15.2 atm — dividing by 760 gives 2.00 atm."
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV = 24.63 L\nT = 800 K\nConvert the pressure to atm:\nP = 1520 mmHg = 2.00 atm\nWrite down the equation:\nPV = nRT\nMake n the subject:\nn = PV ÷ (RT)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nn = (2.00 × 24.63) ÷ (0.0821 × 800)\nn = 0.750 mol"
}
GAS-036 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (fresh instance per blueprint case_target) · mcq4
A quality sheet states: 'Any 22.4 L of gas is one mole.' Which single addition makes the sheet correct?
Add 'at STP' — the reverse reading needs 273 K and 1 atm. KEY
Add 'for light gases only'.
Add 'when the gas is pure'.
No addition is needed — the sheet is already right.
GAS-037 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (UNSEEDED — prod_seeds = []; fresh gas pair + exact-division values per form) · frq
A fuel-cell test bench works with two gases, both at STP: a reservoir holding 9.52 L of propene, and a feed line supplying 0.350 mol of ethyne.
A fuel-cell test bench works with two gases, both at STP: a reservoir holding 9.52 L of propene, and a feed line supplying 0.350 mol of ethyne.
(a) How many moles of propene is the 9.52 L? Show every step of your working.
(b) What volume, in liters, will the 0.350 mol of ethyne fill at STP? Show every step of your working.
(c) Both answers use the same 22.4 L/mol figure even though propene and ethyne are different gases. Explain in words why the same per-mole volume works for both gases, and why neither calculation would be valid away from STP.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. How many moles of propene is the 9.52 L? Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: V = 9.52 L
Equation: n = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol
Working: n = 9.52 / 22.4
n = 0.425 mol
Part b. What volume, in liters, will the 0.350 mol of ethyne fill at STP? Show every step of your working.
Model: Values: n = 0.350 mol
Equation: V = n × 22.4 L/mol
Working: V = 0.350 × 22.4
V = 7.84 L
Part c. Both answers use the same 22.4 L/mol figure even though propene and ethyne are different gases. Explain in words why the same per-mole volume works for both gases, and why neither calculation would be valid away from STP.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — the kind of gas makes no difference, so the same 22.4 L/mol figure converts for propene and for ethyne alike. The figure holds only at STP: at any other temperature or pressure a mole of gas fills a different volume, so away from STP neither division nor multiplication by 22.4 would give the right amount.
Full model answer. (a) Values: V = 9.52 L
Equation: n = V ÷ 22.4 L/mol
Working: n = 9.52 / 22.4
n = 0.425 mol
(b) Values: n = 0.350 mol
Equation: V = n × 22.4 L/mol
Working: V = 0.350 × 22.4
V = 7.84 L
(c) One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 L at STP — the kind of gas makes no difference, so the same 22.4 L/mol figure converts for propene and for ethyne alike. The figure holds only at STP: at any other temperature or pressure a mole of gas fills a different volume, so away from STP neither division nor multiplication by 22.4 would give the right amount.
GAS-040 · medium · application · seq 22 · authored (UNSEEDED — prod_seeds = []; 8.21-family exact combos; kelvin-conversion-first / mmHg-to-atm-first per the lesson) · frq
A rigid 8.21 L autoclave headspace holds 0.800 mol of gas at 352 °C. (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).)
A rigid 8.21 L autoclave headspace holds 0.800 mol of gas at 352 °C. (R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K).)
(a) Before calculating: with R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), state the unit each of the four quantities P, V, n, and T must use in PV = nRT.
(b) Calculate the pressure in the headspace, in atm. Show every step of your working, including the temperature conversion.
(c) A classmate skipped the conversion in part (b) and substituted the Celsius value as given. State roughly what answer that gives and explain, using the equation, why it must be wrong.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Part a. Before calculating: with R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), state the unit each of the four quantities P, V, n, and T must use in PV = nRT.
Model: With R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), the units must match R's own unit: pressure in atm, volume in liters, amount of gas in moles, and temperature in kelvin.
Part b. Calculate the pressure in the headspace, in atm. Show every step of your working, including the temperature conversion.
Model: Values:
n = 0.800 mol
V = 8.21 L
Convert the temperature to kelvin:
T = 352 + 273 = 625 K
Equation: PV = nRT
Rearranged for P: P = nRT ÷ V
Working: P = 0.800 × 0.0821 × 625 ÷ 8.21
P = 5.00 atm
Part c. A classmate skipped the conversion in part (b) and substituted the Celsius value as given. State roughly what answer that gives and explain, using the equation, why it must be wrong.
Write your answers in plain numbers and words; no special symbols are needed.
Model: Substituting 352 instead of 625 gives P = 0.800 × 0.0821 × 352 ÷ 8.21 ≈ 2.82 atm. That undershoots badly, because 352 is well below the true kelvin temperature, 625 K. The equation's T is the kelvin temperature — convert with K = °C + 273 before substituting.
Full model answer. (a) With R = 0.0821 L·atm/(mol·K), the units must match R's own unit: pressure in atm, volume in liters, amount of gas in moles, and temperature in kelvin.
(b) Values:
n = 0.800 mol
V = 8.21 L
Convert the temperature to kelvin:
T = 352 + 273 = 625 K
Equation: PV = nRT
Rearranged for P: P = nRT ÷ V
Working: P = 0.800 × 0.0821 × 625 ÷ 8.21
P = 5.00 atm
(c) Substituting 352 instead of 625 gives P = 0.800 × 0.0821 × 352 ÷ 8.21 ≈ 2.82 atm. That undershoots badly, because 352 is well below the true kelvin temperature, 625 K. The equation's T is the kelvin temperature — convert with K = °C + 273 before substituting.
End of Topic Test: Gas stoichiometry (u09-t4 · 5 forms × 23 items · 115 total)
David's notes for James:
CALC-HEAVY FRQ SPLIT - frq_per_form = 3, OVERRIDING your gate data's frq_per_form=1 baseline (confirm the composition; FIRST 3-FRQ gate of the wave): QB-v2 sec.4 directs 2-3 FRQs for calculation-heavy / multi-step-procedure topics, and this scope is three distinct taught calculation procedure families each needing its own production evidence: FRQ-1 at seq 21 = the GAS-042 volume-to-volume ratio routine (with the GAS-041 gases-only/same-conditions license), FRQ-2 at seq 22 = the GAS-043 mass -> gas volume at STP three-stage chain (the named capstone), FRQ-3 at seq 23 = the GAS-044 gas volume -> mass reversed chain (reversal is the topic's flagship error class). Merging the two chain directions into one FRQ would stack two full scaffolded 3-stage calculations in a single typed answer (double jeopardy + typeability strain); dropping one leaves a chain direction with zero work-shown evidence. Total 20 objective + 3 FRQ = 23 items/form (the calc-heavy budget ceiling). D5 scaling evaluated and NOT triggered: min(20, 6 x 4 lessons = 24) = 20; your target_size=20 concurs. CORRECTION recorded: U9-G2's allocation note anticipated U9-G4 'will scale down' - the arithmetic says otherwise (floor-10 bites only at <=3 lessons); no downstream effect on U9-G2.
SEED FACE-CHECK HEADLINE (confirm the dispositions): all 12 pool seeds carried V-T7 freshness collisions on their face (deterministic scan with the shared validator's own corpus/whitelist machinery; report _seed_face_check_report.json) - UNIQUE in the wave (U9-G3: zero). Root cause: the four lessons re-run the same reaction instances and task tails across atoms by design, and the seeds were cut in the same register. All 12 distinct seeds are PLACED on form A (rows 4-9 and 11-16; forms B-E authored fresh); freshenings preserve each seed's skill, case shape, ratio family, scaffold, and misconception set per the strict SEED RULING (validator never weakened). Your three demo_curated items are byte-dups of pool[6]/[7]/[8] (deduped, both refs cited): pool[7] and pool[8] survive near-verbatim (formula-based asks + task-tail restructure), pool[6] needed a FULL instance swap - its 'Mg + 2HCl' sentence is GAS-044 WE0 corpus text and Mg 24.3 g/mol is spec-burned.
SEED AMENDMENT at sol QC (confirm): pool[8] (= your demo item; placed at A#13) originally framed dry Fe2O3 formation as 'Iron rusts' - sol ruled the realism wrong (rusting is aqueous/electrochemical); reframed as iron 'fully oxidized in a stream of O2' with the equation and every value untouched.
SEED INSTANCE RETIRED, skill preserved (confirm): pool[10]'s CaCO3 decomposition instance could not be freshened - 2.24 L and O 16.0 g/mol are spec-burned, 'carbon (dioxide)' is an own-lesson material word, 'must be heated to' is a corpus gram, and ANY oxygen-bearing molar-mass build re-burns 16.0 under the atomic-masses-only stem contract, so the whole heated-carbonate family is off the instance menu. Its skill (reverse M-build chain) is preserved at row 15 as fuel-mass M-builds (GAS-044's own fluency pattern; C 12.0 / H 1.0 parentheticals are precision-exempt constants).
BINDING INSTANCE RULE (course-wide, wave 5): zero fissile/weapons/dose framings; classroom-safe instance set throughout (re-swept at packaging over forms_final + this export body). One banned-lexicon hit existed in YOUR pool: pool[5] 'In an industrial reactor' (a chemical-plant vessel, not nuclear, but 'reactors' is on the banned lexicon) - freshened to a catalyst-plant framing without the word. Only hit in pool + demo.
SIG-FIGS RULINGS on 2-sf data (confirm): (a) B#17 - Li 6.9 g/mol is 2-sf data and cannot support a 3-sf answer; the ask was changed to 2 significant figures (key 19 g; the 30.24 L given keeps 4 sf; tolerance admits the unrounded 18.63 with a skipped-final-rounding diagnostic). An earlier wave-1 adjudication that treated the course's 1-decimal atomic masses as EXACT constants was WITHDRAWN in favor of sol's ruling. (b) Same class swept proactively: A#17 (M(H2) = 2.0 g/mol carries 2 sf -> ask 2 sf, key 1.8 g) and D#23 (FRQ, same M(H2) limiter -> model answer/rubric report 3.9 g at 2 sf). All other M-builds audited >= 3 sf. Molar-mass parentheticals remain the course's 1-decimal constants; the sig-figs ask governs the measured given and the final rounding.
GATE_CONFIG ADJUDICATION 1 of 2 - A2 task-idiom whitelist (recorded, confirm): fixed task-instruction wording with no instance content (sig-figs instruction sentences, formula-based ask templates, ask-to-parenthetical joins, acid-scenario openers, FRQ stage boilerplate at seqs 21-23). The formula-ask policy is itself forced by the corpus: the English names carbon/oxygen/hydrogen/nitrogen are own-lesson corpus materials, so asks MUST use formulas, making these templates the gate's consistent task wording per the parallel-form rule. These grams recur across seqs because the gate is a single-topic calculation bank sharing one taught task shape. Scoped whitelist entries only - the shared validator was NOT changed.
GATE_CONFIG ADJUDICATION 2 of 2 - A4 balanced-equation NOTATION lexicon (recorded, confirm; the headline stage-2 adjudication): formula letter-run fragments, state symbols (g/l/s/aq), and bare coefficients/subscripts 0-12 are the course's fixed representational language for chemical equations - the direct analogue of the G1 particle-diagram convention lexicon. FIRST gate to need this class (first calc gate where every item carries a balanced equation). Instance protection preserved by: (i) the build-time equation registry - each balanced equation and each >=3-token formula run appears in at most ONE item bank-wide (>=2-lesson corpus-idiom equations excepted and still style-limited to once per form); (ii) the untouched MATERIALS scan (English substance names still scan, one home seq bank-wide); (iii) the untouched NUMBERS scan (every decimal and every value/coefficient/subscript > 12 still scans and is unique bank-wide - proven live when C8H18/C7H16 subscript collisions forced instance swaps); (iv) blind + sol review of the full combinations.
NOTA/AOTA: zero literal hits in your pool; pool[2]'s 'None - the coefficients compare amounts in moles...' option is a substantive empty-set claim (keyable course register; U4-G4/U5-G4/U9-G3 precedent), NOT a none-of-the-above construction - kept, zero replace_distractor flags. V-T5 PASS.
REALISM FIXES from review (confirm, values preserved unless noted): B#18 sealed-tube H2+I2 'complete' conversion contradicts the textbook equilibrium -> excess H2 + HI drawn off in a heated flow tube (completion-driving condition; every value unchanged; the diatomic trap preserved). B#20 coke hydrogenation (needs pressure/catalyst) -> the Boudouard reaction C(s) + CO2(g) -> 2CO(g). E#16/E#17/E#23: gases measured as 'vapor at STP' that would condense (ethanol, H2O) -> ethylene flare CO2, combustion CO2, and steam-reforming H2 respectively; a deterministic sweep confirms zero remaining condensable-at-STP volume readings. 'Reacts completely' elsewhere stays - the course-wide taught idealization for stoichiometry (equilibrium out of scope).
ACCEPTED ADVISORY CLASSES from blind review (recorded, no fix): (a) cross-item cueing - recall rows (seqs 1-3) state the taught routines the application rows then apply; inherent to the easy->hard blueprint, identical structure in all prior packaged gates; (b) definition-echo recall keys; (c) longest-option flags where the deterministic V-T4 balance PASSES; (d) idiom-equation reuse as a style note (N2+3H2->2NH3, C3H8/CH4 combustion are >=2-lesson corpus idioms, each at most once per form). Residual validator WARNs (7, adjudicated classes): kept seed English names ammonia@A9 / propane@A12 / sulfur@A16 (cross-lesson-material WARN) and the metal-water rows water@B17/D17 (A5 same-seq pair) - all screened for memory-answerability at blind review (keys picked without lesson access).
CRASH-RESUME PROVENANCE (disclosure, no action needed): the authoring fleet was killed mid-run by a laptop restart after stage 2, and the session that finished QC was itself resumed from disk; packaging (this export) ran in a further resumed session. Every resume worked from DISK STATE with recorded audits (fix_log.md): all gate JSON artifacts json.loads-verified (nothing truncated; the one crash artifact - a dropped spec-path pointer in gate_config.json - was restored as a data pointer, no validator relief involved), forms re-verified byte-identical to their validated versions, and the deterministic validator re-run fresh each time with byte-identical output to the pre-crash run (12/12 PASS, exit 0). QC ledger: blind rounds r1-r8 (key picks 98/98 = 80 round-1 + 8 + 8 + 2 re-blind, 0 open hard fails; keyless 150/150 round-1 numeric+FRQ graded match plus re-blind confirmations, all hand-justified in frq_verdicts.json), sol authoritative loops 1-3 = 24 -> 5 -> 0 FAILs (115/115 pass, zero minors). This export was built from the crash-audited forms_final.json.
FRQ delivery: your `prod` draw-on-paper class is delivered as a typed diagram-PLAN task (state kinds/recipes/counts/spacing; rubric grades the same observables). Confirm this mapping (pending from the U01-G1 round-trip).
full notes file
# u09-t4 — notes/queries from David's side (U9-G4)
1. CALC-HEAVY FRQ SPLIT - frq_per_form = 3, OVERRIDING your gate data's frq_per_form=1 baseline (confirm the composition; FIRST 3-FRQ gate of the wave): QB-v2 sec.4 directs 2-3 FRQs for calculation-heavy / multi-step-procedure topics, and this scope is three distinct taught calculation procedure families each needing its own production evidence: FRQ-1 at seq 21 = the GAS-042 volume-to-volume ratio routine (with the GAS-041 gases-only/same-conditions license), FRQ-2 at seq 22 = the GAS-043 mass -> gas volume at STP three-stage chain (the named capstone), FRQ-3 at seq 23 = the GAS-044 gas volume -> mass reversed chain (reversal is the topic's flagship error class). Merging the two chain directions into one FRQ would stack two full scaffolded 3-stage calculations in a single typed answer (double jeopardy + typeability strain); dropping one leaves a chain direction with zero work-shown evidence. Total 20 objective + 3 FRQ = 23 items/form (the calc-heavy budget ceiling). D5 scaling evaluated and NOT triggered: min(20, 6 x 4 lessons = 24) = 20; your target_size=20 concurs. CORRECTION recorded: U9-G2's allocation note anticipated U9-G4 'will scale down' - the arithmetic says otherwise (floor-10 bites only at <=3 lessons); no downstream effect on U9-G2.
2. SEED FACE-CHECK HEADLINE (confirm the dispositions): all 12 pool seeds carried V-T7 freshness collisions on their face (deterministic scan with the shared validator's own corpus/whitelist machinery; report _seed_face_check_report.json) - UNIQUE in the wave (U9-G3: zero). Root cause: the four lessons re-run the same reaction instances and task tails across atoms by design, and the seeds were cut in the same register. All 12 distinct seeds are PLACED on form A (rows 4-9 and 11-16; forms B-E authored fresh); freshenings preserve each seed's skill, case shape, ratio family, scaffold, and misconception set per the strict SEED RULING (validator never weakened). Your three demo_curated items are byte-dups of pool[6]/[7]/[8] (deduped, both refs cited): pool[7] and pool[8] survive near-verbatim (formula-based asks + task-tail restructure), pool[6] needed a FULL instance swap - its 'Mg + 2HCl' sentence is GAS-044 WE0 corpus text and Mg 24.3 g/mol is spec-burned.
3. SEED AMENDMENT at sol QC (confirm): pool[8] (= your demo item; placed at A#13) originally framed dry Fe2O3 formation as 'Iron rusts' - sol ruled the realism wrong (rusting is aqueous/electrochemical); reframed as iron 'fully oxidized in a stream of O2' with the equation and every value untouched.
4. SEED INSTANCE RETIRED, skill preserved (confirm): pool[10]'s CaCO3 decomposition instance could not be freshened - 2.24 L and O 16.0 g/mol are spec-burned, 'carbon (dioxide)' is an own-lesson material word, 'must be heated to' is a corpus gram, and ANY oxygen-bearing molar-mass build re-burns 16.0 under the atomic-masses-only stem contract, so the whole heated-carbonate family is off the instance menu. Its skill (reverse M-build chain) is preserved at row 15 as fuel-mass M-builds (GAS-044's own fluency pattern; C 12.0 / H 1.0 parentheticals are precision-exempt constants).
5. BINDING INSTANCE RULE (course-wide, wave 5): zero fissile/weapons/dose framings; classroom-safe instance set throughout (re-swept at packaging over forms_final + this export body). One banned-lexicon hit existed in YOUR pool: pool[5] 'In an industrial reactor' (a chemical-plant vessel, not nuclear, but 'reactors' is on the banned lexicon) - freshened to a catalyst-plant framing without the word. Only hit in pool + demo.
6. SIG-FIGS RULINGS on 2-sf data (confirm): (a) B#17 - Li 6.9 g/mol is 2-sf data and cannot support a 3-sf answer; the ask was changed to 2 significant figures (key 19 g; the 30.24 L given keeps 4 sf; tolerance admits the unrounded 18.63 with a skipped-final-rounding diagnostic). An earlier wave-1 adjudication that treated the course's 1-decimal atomic masses as EXACT constants was WITHDRAWN in favor of sol's ruling. (b) Same class swept proactively: A#17 (M(H2) = 2.0 g/mol carries 2 sf -> ask 2 sf, key 1.8 g) and D#23 (FRQ, same M(H2) limiter -> model answer/rubric report 3.9 g at 2 sf). All other M-builds audited >= 3 sf. Molar-mass parentheticals remain the course's 1-decimal constants; the sig-figs ask governs the measured given and the final rounding.
7. GATE_CONFIG ADJUDICATION 1 of 2 - A2 task-idiom whitelist (recorded, confirm): fixed task-instruction wording with no instance content (sig-figs instruction sentences, formula-based ask templates, ask-to-parenthetical joins, acid-scenario openers, FRQ stage boilerplate at seqs 21-23). The formula-ask policy is itself forced by the corpus: the English names carbon/oxygen/hydrogen/nitrogen are own-lesson corpus materials, so asks MUST use formulas, making these templates the gate's consistent task wording per the parallel-form rule. These grams recur across seqs because the gate is a single-topic calculation bank sharing one taught task shape. Scoped whitelist entries only - the shared validator was NOT changed.
8. GATE_CONFIG ADJUDICATION 2 of 2 - A4 balanced-equation NOTATION lexicon (recorded, confirm; the headline stage-2 adjudication): formula letter-run fragments, state symbols (g/l/s/aq), and bare coefficients/subscripts 0-12 are the course's fixed representational language for chemical equations - the direct analogue of the G1 particle-diagram convention lexicon. FIRST gate to need this class (first calc gate where every item carries a balanced equation). Instance protection preserved by: (i) the build-time equation registry - each balanced equation and each >=3-token formula run appears in at most ONE item bank-wide (>=2-lesson corpus-idiom equations excepted and still style-limited to once per form); (ii) the untouched MATERIALS scan (English substance names still scan, one home seq bank-wide); (iii) the untouched NUMBERS scan (every decimal and every value/coefficient/subscript > 12 still scans and is unique bank-wide - proven live when C8H18/C7H16 subscript collisions forced instance swaps); (iv) blind + sol review of the full combinations.
9. NOTA/AOTA: zero literal hits in your pool; pool[2]'s 'None - the coefficients compare amounts in moles...' option is a substantive empty-set claim (keyable course register; U4-G4/U5-G4/U9-G3 precedent), NOT a none-of-the-above construction - kept, zero replace_distractor flags. V-T5 PASS.
10. REALISM FIXES from review (confirm, values preserved unless noted): B#18 sealed-tube H2+I2 'complete' conversion contradicts the textbook equilibrium -> excess H2 + HI drawn off in a heated flow tube (completion-driving condition; every value unchanged; the diatomic trap preserved). B#20 coke hydrogenation (needs pressure/catalyst) -> the Boudouard reaction C(s) + CO2(g) -> 2CO(g). E#16/E#17/E#23: gases measured as 'vapor at STP' that would condense (ethanol, H2O) -> ethylene flare CO2, combustion CO2, and steam-reforming H2 respectively; a deterministic sweep confirms zero remaining condensable-at-STP volume readings. 'Reacts completely' elsewhere stays - the course-wide taught idealization for stoichiometry (equilibrium out of scope).
11. ACCEPTED ADVISORY CLASSES from blind review (recorded, no fix): (a) cross-item cueing - recall rows (seqs 1-3) state the taught routines the application rows then apply; inherent to the easy->hard blueprint, identical structure in all prior packaged gates; (b) definition-echo recall keys; (c) longest-option flags where the deterministic V-T4 balance PASSES; (d) idiom-equation reuse as a style note (N2+3H2->2NH3, C3H8/CH4 combustion are >=2-lesson corpus idioms, each at most once per form). Residual validator WARNs (7, adjudicated classes): kept seed English names ammonia@A9 / propane@A12 / sulfur@A16 (cross-lesson-material WARN) and the metal-water rows water@B17/D17 (A5 same-seq pair) - all screened for memory-answerability at blind review (keys picked without lesson access).
12. CRASH-RESUME PROVENANCE (disclosure, no action needed): the authoring fleet was killed mid-run by a laptop restart after stage 2, and the session that finished QC was itself resumed from disk; packaging (this export) ran in a further resumed session. Every resume worked from DISK STATE with recorded audits (fix_log.md): all gate JSON artifacts json.loads-verified (nothing truncated; the one crash artifact - a dropped spec-path pointer in gate_config.json - was restored as a data pointer, no validator relief involved), forms re-verified byte-identical to their validated versions, and the deterministic validator re-run fresh each time with byte-identical output to the pre-crash run (12/12 PASS, exit 0). QC ledger: blind rounds r1-r8 (key picks 98/98 = 80 round-1 + 8 + 8 + 2 re-blind, 0 open hard fails; keyless 150/150 round-1 numeric+FRQ graded match plus re-blind confirmations, all hand-justified in frq_verdicts.json), sol authoritative loops 1-3 = 24 -> 5 -> 0 FAILs (115/115 pass, zero minors). This export was built from the crash-audited forms_final.json.
A student asks why the coefficients in an all-gas equation like 2A(g) + B(g) → 2C(g) can compare the volumes of the gases at one shared temperature and pressure. Which reasoning is correct?
Equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of particles, so the mole ratio given by the coefficients is also the volume ratio. KEY
The coefficients give the mass ratio of the gases, and equal masses of gas always fill equal volumes.
Each gas expands to fill its container completely, so every gas in the reaction finishes at the same volume.
Chemists chose the coefficients by measuring the reacting gas volumes in the laboratory, so the ratio only holds for reactions whose volumes have already been measured.
A question gives the mass of a substance and asks for the volume of a gas it produces at STP, with the balanced equation and atomic molar masses supplied. Which plan is correct?
Mass to moles with n = m ÷ M; the mole ratio from the coefficients; moles of gas to volume via the molar volume at STP. KEY
Divide the mass by the molar volume at STP; apply the mole ratio; multiply by M.
Convert the mass to moles with n = m ÷ M, then convert those moles of the given substance straight to a gas volume at STP.
Multiply the mass by the molar volume at STP.
GAS-041 · medium · application · seq 4 · seed:pool[0] — condition clause reworded to the >=2-lesson idiom form per must_freshen_instance ('share one temperature and pressure' is GAS-042-WE-only corpus); equation, key, and distractor set verbatim (equation is idiom-whitelisted) · mcq4
All gases in N₂(g) + 3H₂(g) → 2NH₃(g) are at the same temperature and pressure. What is the ratio of the volume of H₂ used to the volume of NH₃ formed?
3 : 2 KEY
2 : 3
1 : 1
1 : 3
GAS-041 · medium · application · seq 5 · seed:pool[2] — equation swapped fresh per must_freshen_instance (the Zn(s)+2HCl(aq) sentence is GAS-043-fluency corpus; 'hydrogen' in the key was an own-lesson material word); empty-set claim shape, solid-included and states-ignored foils preserved · mcq4
A sample of CuCO₃ breaks down on heating: CuCO₃(s) → CuO(s) + CO₂(g). Which substances in this equation can be compared by the gas-volume ratio?
None — CO₂ is the only gas, and the volume ratio compares gases with each other. KEY
CuCO₃ and CO₂, because their coefficients are both 1 and they sit on opposite sides.
CuO and CO₂, because they are both products.
All three substances, in the volume ratio 1 : 1 : 1.
GAS-041 · medium · application · seq 6 · seed:pool[1] — gas names -> formulas per must_freshen_instance ('oxygen' own-lesson material, 'nitrogen' cross-lesson WARN); scenario, key, and distractor set otherwise verbatim · mcq4
A student has 10.0 L of N₂ in a warm room and a tank of O₂ chilled far below room temperature, and wants to compare the reacting volumes for N₂(g) + O₂(g) → 2NO(g) style reasoning. Can the coefficients compare the two volumes as they stand?
No — the coefficient volume ratio holds only for gases at the same temperature and pressure. KEY
Yes — coefficients always compare gas volumes, whatever the conditions of each gas.
Yes — as long as both substances are gases, temperature has no effect on their volumes.
No — coefficients never say anything about volumes, only about masses.
GAS-042 · medium · application · seq 7 · seed:pool[3] — CO₂ asked by formula + clause restructure per must_freshen_instance; equation/scenario/values verbatim · numeric
Acetylene burns in a welding torch: 2C₂H₂(g) + 5O₂(g) → 4CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. What volume of CO₂ forms, in liters, when 6.0 L of acetylene burns? Round your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 12.0 L KEY
also accepted: 12 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 3.0,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — CO₂ carries the 4 and C₂H₂ the 2, so multiply by 4 ÷ 2",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 6.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 6.0 L of C₂H₂\ncoefficient of CO₂ = 4, coefficient of C₂H₂ = 2\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(CO₂) = 6.0 × (4 ÷ 2)\nV(CO₂) = 12 L"
}
GAS-042 · medium · application · seq 8 · seed:pool[4] — reaction sentence formula-only + given volume swapped off the spec-burned 14.0 per must_freshen_instance; scenario/ratio/misconception pair verbatim · numeric
Inside a hot engine, N₂(g) + O₂(g) → 2NO(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. What volume of N₂, in liters, was used up if 8.0 L of NO formed? Round your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 4.0 L KEY
also accepted: 4.0 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 16.0,
"misconception": "you multiplied by 2 instead of dividing — NO carries the 2, so it goes on the bottom of the ratio",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 8.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 8.0 L of NO\ncoefficient of N₂ = 1, coefficient of NO = 2\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(N₂) = 8.0 × (1 ÷ 2)\nV(N₂) = 4.0 L"
}
GAS-042 · medium · application · seq 9 · seed:pool[5] — O₂/NH₃ asked by formula, ask-clause restructured, banned-lexicon framing word dropped (catalyst-plant wording) per must_freshen_instance; equation/values/misconceptions verbatim · numeric
In an industrial plant, ammonia burns over a catalyst: 4NH₃(g) + 5O₂(g) → 4NO(g) + 6H₂O(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. How many liters of O₂ must react completely with 20.0 L of NH₃? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 25.0 L KEY
also accepted: 25.0 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 16.0,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — O₂ carries the 5 and NH₃ the 4, so multiply by 5 ÷ 4",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 20.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 20.0 L of NH₃\ncoefficient of O₂ = 5, coefficient of NH₃ = 4\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(O₂) = 20.0 × (5 ÷ 4)\nV(O₂) = 25.0 L"
}
GAS-042 · medium · application · seq 10 · authored (sanity audit, smaller-when-should-be-larger case; no numeric answer among options) · mcq4
A student compares two gases at the same temperature and pressure. The wanted gas carries coefficient 5; the given gas carries coefficient 2. A student's calculated answer comes out SMALLER than the given volume. Which check exposes the error without redoing the calculation?
The gas with the larger coefficient always takes the larger volume — with 5 against 2, the answer must be LARGER than the given volume. KEY
No check is possible without arithmetic — the only way to test the answer is to redo the whole calculation from the start.
Compare the molar masses — the heavier gas must take the larger volume.
The answer must always equal the given volume when both are gases.
Manganese reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid: Mn(s) + 2HCl(aq) → MnCl₂(aq) + H₂(g). (molar mass: Mn 54.9 g/mol.) What volume of H₂, at STP, forms when 10.98 g of manganese reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 4.48 L KEY
also accepted: 4.48 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 8.96,
"misconception": "you used HCl's coefficient — the metal and H₂ both carry coefficient 1",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.2,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a volume, so multiply by 22.4 L/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of manganese: n = 10.98 ÷ 54.9 = 0.200 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: Mn and H₂ both carry coefficient 1, so n(H₂) = 0.200 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.200 × 22.4\nV = 4.48 L at STP"
}
GAS-043 · medium · application · seq 12 · seed:pool[7] = demo_curated[1] — near-verbatim keep: CO₂ asked by formula ('carbon' own-lesson word) + sig-figs tail restructured per must_freshen_instance; propane instance (cross-lesson WARN, recorded), equation (idiom-whitelisted), 11.0 g, x3 ratio, 16.8 L all verbatim · numeric
Propane burns in a camping stove: C₃H₈(g) + 5O₂(g) → 3CO₂(g) + 4H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What volume of CO₂, at STP, forms when 11.0 g of C₃H₈ burns completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 16.8 L KEY
also accepted: 16.8 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 5.6,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — each fuel particle makes more than one CO₂ here",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.75,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a volume, so multiply by 22.4 L/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of C₃H₈: M(C₃H₈) = 3 × 12.0 + 8 × 1.0 = 44.0 g/mol; n = 11.0 ÷ 44.0 = 0.250 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1C₃H₈ make 3CO₂, so n(CO₂) = 0.250 × (3 ÷ 1) = 0.750 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.750 × 22.4\nV = 16.8 L at STP"
}
GAS-043 · medium · application · seq 13 · seed:pool[8] = demo_curated[2] — near-verbatim keep: O₂ asked by formula ('oxygen' own-lesson word), 'in pure oxygen' dropped, molar-mass parenthetical moved before the ask, sig-figs tail restructured per must_freshen_instance; iron/22.32/55.8/3:4/gas-USED all verbatim; sol L2 realism: 'rusts' implies moist hydrated corrosion, not dry direct Fe₂O₃ -> oxidation-stream framing (SEED AMENDMENT - flag for James) · numeric
Iron powder is fully oxidized in a stream of O₂: 4Fe(s) + 3O₂(g) → 2Fe₂O₃(s). (molar mass: Fe 55.8 g/mol.) What volume of O₂, at STP, is used when 22.32 g of iron reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 6.72 L KEY
also accepted: 6.72 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 11.9,
"misconception": "you inverted the mole ratio — O₂ carries the 3 and Fe the 4, so multiply the moles of iron by 3 ÷ 4",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 8.96,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — four Fe use three O₂",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of iron: n = 22.32 ÷ 55.8 = 0.400 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 4Fe use 3O₂, so n(O₂) = 0.400 × (3 ÷ 4) = 0.300 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.300 × 22.4\nV = 6.72 L at STP"
}
Cobalt reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid: Co(s) + 2HCl(aq) → CoCl₂(aq) + H₂(g). (molar mass: Co 58.9 g/mol.) What mass of cobalt is needed to make 7.84 L of H₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 20.6 g KEY
also accepted: 20.6 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 461.8,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.35,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of gas: n = 7.84 ÷ 22.4 = 0.350 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: Co and H₂ both carry coefficient 1, so n(Co) = 0.350 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.350 × 58.9\nm = 20.6 g"
}
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 15 · seed:pool[10] SKILL slot — instance RETIRED per must_freshen_instance (CaCO3 case collision-dense: 2.24 L + O 16.0 spec-burned, 'carbon' own-lesson, 'must be heated to' corpus gram; any O-bearing M-build re-burns 16.0); reverse M-build case preserved on the lesson's own fuel pattern (FLU1 class), misconception pair carried over · numeric
Pentane vapor burns in a fuel-test rig: C₅H₁₂(g) + 8O₂(g) → 5CO₂(g) + 6H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What mass of C₅H₁₂ must burn to give 39.2 L of CO₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 25.2 g KEY
also accepted: 25.2 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 126.0,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — each fuel particle makes several CO₂, so fewer fuel moles are needed",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.35,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of CO₂: n = 39.2 ÷ 22.4 = 1.75 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1C₅H₁₂ make 5CO₂, so n(C₅H₁₂) = 1.75 × (1 ÷ 5) = 0.350 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM = 5 × 12.0 + 12 × 1.0 = 72.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.350 × 72.0\nm = 25.2 g"
}
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 16 · seed:pool[11] — light freshen per must_freshen_instance: 'in oxygen' dropped (own-lesson word), SO₂ asked by formula, 6.72 L (spec-burned) -> 8.96 L, 'must burn to produce' join -> 'must react to make'; sulfur (cross-lesson WARN, recorded), S 32.1, equation, 1:1 case, misconception pair verbatim; exact 12.84 — tolerance admits it · numeric
Sulfur burns: S(s) + O₂(g) → SO₂(g). (molar mass: S 32.1 g/mol.) What mass of sulfur must react to make 8.96 L of SO₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 12.8 g KEY
also accepted: 12.8 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 287.6,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.4,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of SO₂: n = 8.96 ÷ 22.4 = 0.400 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: S and SO₂ both carry coefficient 1, so n(S) = 0.400 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.400 × 32.1\nm = 12.8 g"
}
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 17 · authored (non-unit 3:2 reverse; idiom-whitelisted equation; M(H₂) built from the free H 1.0); sol L2: M(H₂)=2.0 is 2-sf data -> ask changed to 2 sf (B#17 ruling applied) · numeric
NH₃ is synthesized from its elements: N₂(g) + 3H₂(g) → 2NH₃(g). (molar mass: H 1.0 g/mol.) What mass of H₂ is needed to make 13.44 L of NH₃ at STP? Round your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 1.8 g KEY
also accepted: 1.8 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 26.88,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass route — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.9,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M(H₂) = 2.0 g/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of NH₃: n = 13.44 ÷ 22.4 = 0.600 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 3H₂ make 2NH₃, so n(H₂) = 0.600 × (3 ÷ 2) = 0.900 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM = 2 × 1.0 = 2.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.900 × 2.0\nm = 1.80 g, which is reported as 1.8 g (M(H₂) = 2.0 g/mol carries 2 significant figures, so the answer is reported to 2)"
}
GAS-043 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (diatomic trap per GAS-043 specNotes — stem names Br₂ explicitly; atomic-mass anchor misconception, design-parallel across forms) · numeric
Bromine vapor reacts with H₂ directly: H₂(g) + Br₂(g) → 2HBr(g). (molar mass: Br 79.9 g/mol.) What volume of HBr, at STP, forms when 31.96 g of bromine gas (Br₂) reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 8.96 L KEY
also accepted: 8.96 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 17.9,
"misconception": "you divided by the ATOMIC molar mass — bromine gas is Br₂, so M = 2 × 79.9 = 159.8 g/mol",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 4.48,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — one Br₂ makes two HBr",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of Br₂: M(Br₂) = 2 × 79.9 = 159.8 g/mol; n = 31.96 ÷ 159.8 = 0.200 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1Br₂ makes 2HBr, so n(HBr) = 0.200 × 2 = 0.400 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.400 × 22.4\nV = 8.96 L at STP"
}
GAS-044 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (combined load: 1:10 ratio + M-build) · numeric
Decane vapor burns in a fuel study: 2C₁₀H₂₂(g) + 31O₂(g) → 20CO₂(g) + 22H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What mass of C₁₀H₂₂ must burn to give 33.6 L of CO₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 21.3 g KEY
also accepted: 21.3 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 213.0,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — two decane particles make twenty CO₂, so scale the CO₂ moles by 2 ÷ 20",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.15,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M(C₁₀H₂₂) = 142.0 g/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of CO₂: n = 33.6 ÷ 22.4 = 1.50 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 2C₁₀H₂₂ make 20CO₂, so n(C₁₀H₂₂) = 1.50 × (2 ÷ 20) = 0.150 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM = 10 × 12.0 + 22 × 1.0 = 142.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.150 × 142.0\nm = 21.3 g"
}
GAS-041 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (transfer: integrates the gases-only and shared-conditions boundaries with the plain ratio read) · mcq4
Solid ammonium chloride breaks down on heating: NH₄Cl(s) → NH₃(g) + HCl(g). Three claims are made about volumes at one shared temperature and pressure. Which claim survives?
The NH₃ and HCl formed occupy equal volumes, because both are gases with equal coefficients. KEY
The NH₄Cl consumed and the NH₃ formed occupy equal volumes, because their coefficients are both 1.
The NH₃ from this hot tube can be compared 1 : 1 with HCl stored in a cold cabinet.
No volume claims are possible while any solid is present in the equation.
GAS-042 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (FRQ1 A rebuilt at sol L2: license part was GAS-041 construct + stem-copyable -> pure GAS-042 routine three-parter, 30/35/35; license flanks remain on forms B-E) · frq
In a catalytic converter, all four gases are at one shared temperature and pressure: 2NO(g) + 2CO(g) → N₂(g) + 2CO₂(g).
Using the routine, calculate the volume of N₂ formed when 8.0 L of NO reacts completely, showing:
(a) the equation of the routine you use.
(b) the substitution.
(c) the result with its unit.
In a catalytic converter, all four gases are at one shared temperature and pressure: 2NO(g) + 2CO(g) → N₂(g) + 2CO₂(g).
Using the routine, calculate the volume of N₂ formed when 8.0 L of NO reacts completely, showing:
(a) the equation of the routine you use.
(b) the substitution.
(c) the result with its unit.
Part a. In a catalytic converter, all four gases are at one shared temperature and pressure: 2NO(g) + 2CO(g) → N₂(g) + 2CO₂(g).
Using the routine, calculate the volume of N₂ formed when 8.0 L of NO reacts completely, showing:
(a) the equation of the routine you use.
(b) the substitution.
(c) the result with its unit.
Model: (a) V(nitrogen) = V(NO) × (coefficient of nitrogen ÷ coefficient of NO)
(b) V(nitrogen) = 8.0 × (1 ÷ 2)
(c) V(nitrogen) = 4.0 L
Full model answer. (a) V(nitrogen) = V(NO) × (coefficient of nitrogen ÷ coefficient of NO)
(b) V(nitrogen) = 8.0 × (1 ÷ 2)
(c) V(nitrogen) = 4.0 L
GAS-043 · medium · application · seq 22 · authored (FRQ2 A: 1/2 fractional ratio, gas-USED direction; replaced the octene draft — its C₈H₁₆ subscript collides with 15B's C₇H₁₆ on the number ledger); sol L1: 'molten' contradicted Pb(s) - word removed · frq
A refining kettle oxidizes lead: 2Pb(s) + O₂(g) → 2PbO(s). The O₂ is measured at STP. (molar mass: Pb 207.2 g/mol.)
Find the volume of O₂, at STP, USED UP when 41.44 g of lead reacts completely, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of lead.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of O₂ used, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of O₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
A refining kettle oxidizes lead: 2Pb(s) + O₂(g) → 2PbO(s). The O₂ is measured at STP. (molar mass: Pb 207.2 g/mol.)
Find the volume of O₂, at STP, USED UP when 41.44 g of lead reacts completely, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of lead.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of O₂ used, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of O₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Part a. A refining kettle oxidizes lead: 2Pb(s) + O₂(g) → 2PbO(s). The O₂ is measured at STP. (molar mass: Pb 207.2 g/mol.)
Find the volume of O₂, at STP, USED UP when 41.44 g of lead reacts completely, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of lead.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of O₂ used, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of O₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Model: (a) Stage 1 — n(Pb) = 41.44 ÷ 207.2 = 0.200 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 2Pb use 1oxygen, so n(oxygen) = 0.200 × (1 ÷ 2) = 0.100 mol
(c) Stage 3 — equation: V = n × 22.4. Substitution: V = 0.100 × 22.4. Result: V = 2.24 L at STP.
Full model answer. (a) Stage 1 — n(Pb) = 41.44 ÷ 207.2 = 0.200 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 2Pb use 1oxygen, so n(oxygen) = 0.200 × (1 ÷ 2) = 0.100 mol
(c) Stage 3 — equation: V = n × 22.4. Substitution: V = 0.100 × 22.4. Result: V = 2.24 L at STP.
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 23 · authored (FRQ3 A: reversed chain, 2:18 ratio + M-build) · frq
Nonene vapor burns completely: 2C₉H₁₈(g) + 27O₂(g) → 18CO₂(g) + 18H₂O(g), and the CO₂ is measured at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of nonene (C₉H₁₈) that burned if 40.32 L of CO₂ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of CO₂ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of nonene, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of the nonene, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Nonene vapor burns completely: 2C₉H₁₈(g) + 27O₂(g) → 18CO₂(g) + 18H₂O(g), and the CO₂ is measured at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of nonene (C₉H₁₈) that burned if 40.32 L of CO₂ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of CO₂ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of nonene, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of the nonene, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Part a. Nonene vapor burns completely: 2C₉H₁₈(g) + 27O₂(g) → 18CO₂(g) + 18H₂O(g), and the CO₂ is measured at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of nonene (C₉H₁₈) that burned if 40.32 L of CO₂ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of CO₂ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of nonene, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of the nonene, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Model: (a) Stage 1 — n(carbon dioxide) = 40.32 ÷ 22.4 = 1.80 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 2nonene make 18carbon dioxide, so n(nonene) = 1.80 × (2 ÷ 18) = 0.200 mol
(c) Stage 3 — M(nonene) = 9 × 12.0 + 18 × 1.0 = 126.0 g/mol. Equation: m = n × M. Substitution: m = 0.200 × 126.0. Result: m = 25.2 g.
Full model answer. (a) Stage 1 — n(carbon dioxide) = 40.32 ÷ 22.4 = 1.80 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 2nonene make 18carbon dioxide, so n(nonene) = 1.80 × (2 ÷ 18) = 0.200 mol
(c) Stage 3 — M(nonene) = 9 × 12.0 + 18 × 1.0 = 126.0 g/mol. Equation: m = n × M. Substitution: m = 0.200 × 126.0. Result: m = 25.2 g.
Four students each write the setup for a gas volume-to-volume calculation at one shared temperature and pressure. Who has it right?
'Multiply the given volume by the wanted gas's coefficient divided by the given gas's coefficient.' KEY
'Multiply the given volume by the given gas's coefficient divided by the wanted gas's coefficient.'
'Add the difference between the two coefficients to the given volume.'
'Convert the given volume to moles first, using the molar volume at STP.'
GAS-043 · easy · recall · seq 3 · authored (stage-ordering recall); sol L1: D1 feedback mislabeled the order as the volume-to-mass chain (operations are direction-specific) - relabeled as out-of-order · mcq4
Put the mass-to-gas-volume chain in order: (1) apply the mole ratio, (2) convert moles to volume at STP, (3) convert the mass to moles. Which order is right?
3 → 1 → 2 KEY
2 → 1 → 3
3 → 2 → 1
1 → 3 → 2
GAS-041 · medium · application · seq 4 · authored (fresh equation; simplified-ratio read; same distractor families as the seed) · mcq4
All gases in 4NH₃(g) + 3O₂(g) → 2N₂(g) + 6H₂O(g) are at the same temperature and pressure. What is the ratio of the volume of NH₃ used to the volume of N₂ formed?
2 : 1 KEY
1 : 2
1 : 1
2 : 3
GAS-041 · medium · application · seq 5 · authored (aqueous-foil rotation of the seed's case; fresh equation) · mcq4
A carbonate solution reacts with dilute acid: Na₂CO₃(aq) + 2HCl(aq) → 2NaCl(aq) + H₂O(l) + CO₂(g). Which substances here can the gas-volume ratio compare?
None — CO₂ is the only gas; dissolved substances and liquids take no part in the volume ratio. KEY
HCl and CO₂, in a 2 : 1 volume ratio.
H₂O and CO₂, because both are products that form with simple whole-number coefficients.
All five substances, in the ratio 1 : 2 : 2 : 1 : 1.
Two gases react in a 1 : 3 coefficient ratio. One is measured in a flask sitting over a hot plate; the other is measured in a cold-storage cylinder. A student multiplies the first volume by 3 to predict the second. What is wrong?
The volumes were measured under different conditions — the coefficient ratio compares gas volumes only at one shared temperature and pressure. KEY
Nothing is wrong — a 1 : 3 coefficient ratio always means a 1 : 3 volume ratio for gases, whatever conditions each gas is stored under.
The student should have divided by 3 instead of multiplying.
In a smog-chamber demonstration, NO reacts with O₂: 2NO(g) + O₂(g) → 2NO₂(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. What volume of NO₂ forms, in liters, when 7.0 L of O₂ reacts completely? Round your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 14.0 L KEY
also accepted: 14 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 3.5,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — NO₂ carries the 2 and O₂ the 1, so multiply by 2 ÷ 1",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 7.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 7.0 L of O₂\ncoefficient of NO₂ = 2, coefficient of O₂ = 1\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(NO₂) = 7.0 × (2 ÷ 1)\nV(NO₂) = 14 L"
}
In a sealed demonstration tube warmed gently, N₂O₄(g) → 2NO₂(g), both gases at the same temperature and pressure. What volume of N₂O₄, in liters, was used up if 6.0 L of NO₂ formed? Round your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 3.0 L KEY
also accepted: 3.0 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 12.0,
"misconception": "you multiplied by 2 instead of dividing — NO₂ carries the 2, so it goes on the bottom of the ratio",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 6.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 6.0 L of NO₂\ncoefficient of N₂O₄ = 1, coefficient of NO₂ = 2\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(N₂O₄) = 6.0 × (1 ÷ 2)\nV(N₂O₄) = 3.0 L"
}
GAS-042 · medium · application · seq 9 · authored (fresh combustion, 9:1 reactant pair); stage-5 patch: given 4.0->4.00 L (sf-class sweep: measured given must carry the asked sf) · numeric
Toluene vapor is burned in a fume incinerator: C₇H₈(g) + 9O₂(g) → 7CO₂(g) + 4H₂O(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. How many liters of O₂ must react completely with 4.00 L of toluene vapor? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 36.0 L KEY
also accepted: 36.0 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.444,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — O₂ carries the 9 and C₇H₈ the 1, so multiply by 9 ÷ 1",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 4.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 4.00 L of C₇H₈\ncoefficient of O₂ = 9, coefficient of C₇H₈ = 1\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(O₂) = 4.00 × (9 ÷ 1)\nV(O₂) = 36.0 L"
}
In a volume-to-volume problem at shared conditions, the wanted gas's coefficient is 1 and the given gas's coefficient is 3. A student reports an answer LARGER than the given volume. What does the taught sanity check say?
The answer must be wrong — the wanted gas has the smaller coefficient, so it must take the smaller volume. KEY
The answer is fine — a calculated result does not have to follow the coefficient sizes.
The answer is fine if the wanted gas has the larger molar mass.
Nothing can be said without knowing the temperature.
Nickel reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid: Ni(s) + 2HCl(aq) → NiCl₂(aq) + H₂(g). (molar mass: Ni 58.7 g/mol.) What volume of H₂, at STP, forms when 17.61 g of nickel reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 6.72 L KEY
also accepted: 6.72 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 13.44,
"misconception": "you used HCl's coefficient — the metal and H₂ both carry coefficient 1",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.3,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a volume, so multiply by 22.4 L/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of nickel: n = 17.61 ÷ 58.7 = 0.300 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: Ni and H₂ both carry coefficient 1, so n(H₂) = 0.300 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.300 × 22.4\nV = 6.72 L at STP"
}
GAS-043 · medium · application · seq 12 · authored (M-build + x2 ratio rotation) · numeric
Ethane is flared at a gas terminal: 2C₂H₆(g) + 7O₂(g) → 4CO₂(g) + 6H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What volume of CO₂, at STP, forms when 7.50 g of C₂H₆ burns completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 11.2 L KEY
also accepted: 11.2 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 5.6,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — each fuel particle makes more than one CO₂ here",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.5,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a volume, so multiply by 22.4 L/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of C₂H₆: M(C₂H₆) = 2 × 12.0 + 6 × 1.0 = 30.0 g/mol; n = 7.50 ÷ 30.0 = 0.250 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 2C₂H₆ make 4CO₂, so n(CO₂) = 0.250 × (4 ÷ 2) = 0.500 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.500 × 22.4\nV = 11.2 L at STP"
}
GAS-043 · medium · application · seq 13 · authored (1/2 fractional ratio, gas USED) · numeric
Copper powder is heated in a stream of O₂: 2Cu(s) + O₂(g) → 2CuO(s). (molar mass: Cu 63.5 g/mol.) What volume of O₂, at STP, is used when 25.40 g of copper reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 4.48 L KEY
also accepted: 4.48 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 17.9,
"misconception": "you inverted the mole ratio — O₂ carries the 1 and Cu the 2, so multiply the moles of copper by 1 ÷ 2",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 8.96,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — two Cu use one O₂",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of copper: n = 25.40 ÷ 63.5 = 0.400 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 2Cu use 1O₂, so n(O₂) = 0.400 × (1 ÷ 2) = 0.200 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.200 × 22.4\nV = 4.48 L at STP"
}
Tin is oxidized in a furnace: Sn(s) + O₂(g) → SnO₂(s). (molar mass: Sn 118.7 g/mol.) What mass of tin reacts with 2.80 L of O₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 14.8 g KEY
also accepted: 14.8 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 332.4,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.125,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of gas: n = 2.80 ÷ 22.4 = 0.125 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: Sn and O₂ both carry coefficient 1, so n(Sn) = 0.125 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.125 × 118.7\nm = 14.8 g"
}
Heptane vapor burns in an engine-knock test: C₇H₁₆(g) + 11O₂(g) → 7CO₂(g) + 8H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What mass of C₇H₁₆ must burn to give 31.36 L of CO₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 20.0 g KEY
also accepted: 20.0 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 140.0,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — each fuel particle makes several CO₂, so fewer fuel moles are needed",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.2,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of CO₂: n = 31.36 ÷ 22.4 = 1.40 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1C₇H₁₆ make 7CO₂, so n(C₇H₁₆) = 1.40 × (1 ÷ 7) = 0.200 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM = 7 × 12.0 + 16 × 1.0 = 100.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.200 × 100.0\nm = 20.0 g"
}
A deposition furnace oxidizes silicon powder: Si(s) + O₂(g) → SiO₂(s). (molar mass: Si 28.1 g/mol.) What mass of silicon reacts with 15.68 L of O₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 19.7 g KEY
also accepted: 19.7 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 440.6,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.7,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of O₂: n = 15.68 ÷ 22.4 = 0.700 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: Si and O₂ both carry coefficient 1, so n(Si) = 0.700 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.700 × 28.1\nm = 19.7 g"
}
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 17 · authored (non-unit 2:1 reverse, metal-water family; sol L1 key_correct=False: Li 6.9 = 2 sf cannot support a 3-sf key and every 3-sf 1-dp metal is already placed in the bank -> ask changed to 2 sf, key 19 g, tolerance 0.5 admits the unrounded 18.63); sol L2: contract tightened - sub-instruction alternates removed, tol 0.3, 18.6 diagnostic added · numeric
Lithium reacts with water: 2Li(s) + 2H₂O(l) → 2LiOH(aq) + H₂(g). (molar mass: Li 6.9 g/mol.) What mass of lithium is needed to make 30.24 L of H₂ at STP? Round your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 19.0 g KEY
also accepted: 19 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 208.7,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 1.35,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles of H₂ and skipped the ratio — 2Li make 1H₂, so double the moles before using M",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 18.6,
"misconception": "you calculated 18.63 g correctly but skipped the final step — the answer is asked to 2 significant figures, so report 19 g",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of H₂: n = 30.24 ÷ 22.4 = 1.35 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 2Li make 1H₂, so n(Li) = 1.35 × 2 = 2.70 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 2.70 × 6.9\nm = 18.63 g, which rounds to 19 g (the lithium molar mass 6.9 carries 2 significant figures, so the answer is reported to 2)"
}
GAS-043 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (diatomic trap, iodine rotation); sol L1 realism: sealed-tube complete conversion contradicts the H₂+I₂ equilibrium -> excess H₂ + product removal (the industrial condition that drives it to completion) · numeric
Iodine vapor reacts with excess H₂ in a heated flow tube, and the HI is drawn off as it forms: H₂(g) + I₂(g) → 2HI(g). (molar mass: I 126.9 g/mol.) What volume of HI, at STP, forms when 25.38 g of iodine vapor (I₂) reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 4.48 L KEY
also accepted: 4.48 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 8.96,
"misconception": "you divided by the ATOMIC molar mass — iodine vapor is I₂, so M = 2 × 126.9 = 253.8 g/mol",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 2.24,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — one I₂ makes two HI",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of I₂: M(I₂) = 2 × 126.9 = 253.8 g/mol; n = 25.38 ÷ 253.8 = 0.100 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1I₂ makes 2HI, so n(HI) = 0.100 × 2 = 0.200 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.200 × 22.4\nV = 4.48 L at STP"
}
GAS-044 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (combined load: 2:3 ratio + an unfamiliar metal; exact 41.82 — tolerance admits it) · numeric
Gallium dissolves in warm dilute hydrochloric acid: 2Ga(s) + 6HCl(aq) → 2GaCl₃(aq) + 3H₂(g). (molar mass: Ga 69.7 g/mol.) What mass of gallium is needed to make 20.16 L of H₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 41.8 g KEY
also accepted: 41.8 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1405.2,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.9,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles of H₂ and skipped the ratio — 2Ga make 3H₂, so scale by 2 ÷ 3 before using M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of H₂: n = 20.16 ÷ 22.4 = 0.900 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 2Ga make 3H₂, so n(Ga) = 0.900 × (2 ÷ 3) = 0.600 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.600 × 69.7\nm = 41.8 g"
}
GAS-041 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (transfer: solid present + inverted-ratio foil in one audit); stage-5 patch: instance swapped to the Boudouard reaction (blind r1 realism flag on coke-hydrogenation conditions); skill surface unchanged; sol L1: D3 feedback carried H2/CH4 leftovers from the pre-Boudouard scenario - swept (QB 3.9) · mcq4
In a gas generator, CO₂ passes over a bed of glowing coke: C(s) + CO₂(g) → 2CO(g), with the gases at one shared temperature and pressure. Which volume claim is correct?
The CO formed occupies twice the volume of the CO₂ used. KEY
The coke used occupies the same volume as the CO₂, from the 1 : 1 coefficients.
The CO₂ used occupies twice the volume of the CO formed, because a reactant is used up faster.
No comparison is possible when the equation contains a solid.
Smelling-salt crystals break down when warmed: (NH₄)₂CO₃(s) → 2NH₃(g) + H₂O(g) + CO₂(g). The three gases emerge together at one shared temperature and pressure.
Smelling-salt crystals break down when warmed: (NH₄)₂CO₃(s) → 2NH₃(g) + H₂O(g) + CO₂(g). The three gases emerge together at one shared temperature and pressure.
(a) State which substances in this equation the gas-volume reading may compare, and justify your answer using BOTH conditions the reading requires.
(b) Using the routine, calculate the volume of NH₃ that emerges along with 3.0 L of CO₂. Show the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Part a. State which substances in this equation the gas-volume reading may compare, and justify your answer using BOTH conditions the reading requires.
Model: The reading may compare ammonia, water vapor, and carbon dioxide — the three gases. The solid smelling-salt compound is excluded because only gases follow the coefficient volume ratio, and the three gases qualify because they emerge at one shared temperature and pressure.
Part b. Using the routine, calculate the volume of NH₃ that emerges along with 3.0 L of CO₂. Show the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Model: V(ammonia) = V(carbon dioxide) × (coefficient of ammonia ÷ coefficient of carbon dioxide)
V(ammonia) = 3.0 × (2 ÷ 1)
V(ammonia) = 6.0 L
Full model answer. (a) The reading may compare ammonia, water vapor, and carbon dioxide — the three gases. The solid smelling-salt compound is excluded because only gases follow the coefficient volume ratio, and the three gases qualify because they emerge at one shared temperature and pressure.
(b) V(ammonia) = V(carbon dioxide) × (coefficient of ammonia ÷ coefficient of carbon dioxide)
V(ammonia) = 3.0 × (2 ÷ 1)
V(ammonia) = 6.0 L
Scandium dissolves in dilute hydrochloric acid: 2Sc(s) + 6HCl(aq) → 2ScCl₃(aq) + 3H₂(g). The H₂ is collected at STP. (molar mass: Sc 45.0 g/mol.)
Find the volume of H₂, at STP, formed when 9.00 g of scandium reacts completely, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of scandium.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of H₂, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of H₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Scandium dissolves in dilute hydrochloric acid: 2Sc(s) + 6HCl(aq) → 2ScCl₃(aq) + 3H₂(g). The H₂ is collected at STP. (molar mass: Sc 45.0 g/mol.)
Find the volume of H₂, at STP, formed when 9.00 g of scandium reacts completely, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of scandium.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of H₂, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of H₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Part a. Scandium dissolves in dilute hydrochloric acid: 2Sc(s) + 6HCl(aq) → 2ScCl₃(aq) + 3H₂(g). The H₂ is collected at STP. (molar mass: Sc 45.0 g/mol.)
Find the volume of H₂, at STP, formed when 9.00 g of scandium reacts completely, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of scandium.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of H₂, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of H₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Model: (a) Stage 1 — n(Sc) = 9.00 ÷ 45.0 = 0.200 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 2Sc make 3hydrogen, so n(hydrogen) = 0.200 × (3 ÷ 2) = 0.300 mol
(c) Stage 3 — equation: V = n × 22.4. Substitution: V = 0.300 × 22.4. Result: V = 6.72 L at STP.
Full model answer. (a) Stage 1 — n(Sc) = 9.00 ÷ 45.0 = 0.200 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 2Sc make 3hydrogen, so n(hydrogen) = 0.200 × (3 ÷ 2) = 0.300 mol
(c) Stage 3 — equation: V = n × 22.4. Substitution: V = 0.300 × 22.4. Result: V = 6.72 L at STP.
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 23 · authored (FRQ3 B: reversed chain, 1:10 ratio + M-build) · frq
Naphthalene vapor from heated mothballs burns completely: C₁₀H₈(g) + 12O₂(g) → 10CO₂(g) + 4H₂O(g), and the CO₂ is measured at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of naphthalene (C₁₀H₈) that burned if 56.0 L of CO₂ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of CO₂ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of naphthalene, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of the naphthalene, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Naphthalene vapor from heated mothballs burns completely: C₁₀H₈(g) + 12O₂(g) → 10CO₂(g) + 4H₂O(g), and the CO₂ is measured at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of naphthalene (C₁₀H₈) that burned if 56.0 L of CO₂ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of CO₂ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of naphthalene, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of the naphthalene, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Part a. Naphthalene vapor from heated mothballs burns completely: C₁₀H₈(g) + 12O₂(g) → 10CO₂(g) + 4H₂O(g), and the CO₂ is measured at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of naphthalene (C₁₀H₈) that burned if 56.0 L of CO₂ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of CO₂ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of naphthalene, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of the naphthalene, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Model: (a) Stage 1 — n(carbon dioxide) = 56.0 ÷ 22.4 = 2.50 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 1naphthalene makes 10carbon dioxide, so n(naphthalene) = 2.50 × (1 ÷ 10) = 0.250 mol
(c) Stage 3 — M(naphthalene) = 10 × 12.0 + 8 × 1.0 = 128.0 g/mol. Equation: m = n × M. Substitution: m = 0.250 × 128.0. Result: m = 32.0 g.
Full model answer. (a) Stage 1 — n(carbon dioxide) = 56.0 ÷ 22.4 = 2.50 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 1naphthalene makes 10carbon dioxide, so n(naphthalene) = 2.50 × (1 ÷ 10) = 0.250 mol
(c) Stage 3 — M(naphthalene) = 10 × 12.0 + 8 × 1.0 = 128.0 g/mol. Equation: m = n × M. Substitution: m = 0.250 × 128.0. Result: m = 32.0 g.
A classmate claims: 'Coefficients compare gas volumes because gases always react in whole numbers of liters.' What is the actual basis of the volume reading?
Equal volumes of gases at one shared temperature and pressure hold equal particle counts, so the mole ratio is also the volume ratio. KEY
Gases really do react only in whole liters, which is why coefficients are whole numbers.
The volumes match because every sample of gas contains exactly the same number of particles, no matter what size the sample is.
Coefficients give the mass proportions, and gas masses scale with volume.
All gases in C₄H₈(g) + 6O₂(g) → 4CO₂(g) + 4H₂O(g) are at the same temperature and pressure. What is the ratio of the volume of C₄H₈ used to the volume of CO₂ formed?
A sealed syringe of gas is measured, then warmed, and measured again. A student compares the BEFORE volume of this gas with the AFTER volume of a second gas using their coefficients. Why does the comparison fail?
The two volumes belong to different temperatures — the comparison needs every volume measured at one shared temperature and pressure. KEY
It fails only because the syringe was sealed.
It does not fail — warming the syringe does not change how the coefficients work, so the before and after volumes still compare.
It fails because a gas's coefficients change when it is heated.
HCl is made directly from its elements: H₂(g) + Cl₂(g) → 2HCl(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. What volume of HCl forms, in liters, when 9.0 L of Cl₂ reacts completely? Round your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 18.0 L KEY
also accepted: 18 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 4.5,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — HCl carries the 2 and Cl₂ the 1, so multiply by 2 ÷ 1",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 9.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 9.0 L of Cl₂\ncoefficient of HCl = 2, coefficient of Cl₂ = 1\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(HCl) = 9.0 × (2 ÷ 1)\nV(HCl) = 18 L"
}
An on-site H₂ supply unit cracks NH₃: 2NH₃(g) → N₂(g) + 3H₂(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. What volume of NH₃, in liters, was used up if 9.0 L of H₂ formed? Round your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 6.0 L KEY
also accepted: 6.0 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 13.5,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — NH₃ carries the 2 and H₂ the 3, so multiply by 2 ÷ 3",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 9.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 9.0 L of H₂\ncoefficient of NH₃ = 2, coefficient of H₂ = 3\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(NH₃) = 9.0 × (2 ÷ 3)\nV(NH₃) = 6.0 L"
}
Cl₂ is recovered from waste gas: 4HCl(g) + O₂(g) → 2Cl₂(g) + 2H₂O(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. How many liters of O₂ must react completely with 12.0 L of HCl? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 3.0 L KEY
also accepted: 3.00 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 48.0,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — O₂ carries the 1 and HCl the 4, so multiply by 1 ÷ 4",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 12.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 12.0 L of HCl\ncoefficient of O₂ = 1, coefficient of HCl = 4\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(O₂) = 12.0 × (1 ÷ 4)\nV(O₂) = 3.00 L"
}
Two gases in an equation carry EQUAL coefficients, and both are at one temperature and pressure. A student's answer comes out at double the given volume. Which one-line check catches this?
Equal coefficients mean equal volumes — the answer should match the given volume, not double it. KEY
Doubling is expected — a reaction always produces more volume than it consumes.
Only redoing the arithmetic can decide whether doubling is right.
The answer is right if the given gas is lighter than the wanted gas.
Strontium reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid: Sr(s) + 2HCl(aq) → SrCl₂(aq) + H₂(g). (molar mass: Sr 87.6 g/mol.) What volume of H₂, at STP, forms when 26.28 g of strontium reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 6.72 L KEY
also accepted: 6.72 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 13.44,
"misconception": "you used HCl's coefficient — the metal and H₂ both carry coefficient 1",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.3,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a volume, so multiply by 22.4 L/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of strontium: n = 26.28 ÷ 87.6 = 0.300 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: Sr and H₂ both carry coefficient 1, so n(H₂) = 0.300 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.300 × 22.4\nV = 6.72 L at STP"
}
GAS-043 · medium · application · seq 12 · authored (M-build + x4 ratio rotation) · numeric
Butane burns in a camping lighter: 2C₄H₁₀(g) + 13O₂(g) → 8CO₂(g) + 10H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What volume of CO₂, at STP, forms when 14.50 g of C₄H₁₀ burns completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 22.4 L KEY
also accepted: 22.4 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 5.6,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — each fuel particle makes more than one CO₂ here",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 1.0,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a volume, so multiply by 22.4 L/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of C₄H₁₀: M(C₄H₁₀) = 4 × 12.0 + 10 × 1.0 = 58.0 g/mol; n = 14.50 ÷ 58.0 = 0.250 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 2C₄H₁₀ make 8CO₂, so n(CO₂) = 0.250 × (8 ÷ 2) = 1.00 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 1.00 × 22.4\nV = 22.4 L at STP"
}
GAS-043 · medium · application · seq 13 · authored (3/2 fractional ratio, gas USED) · numeric
Tungsten powder burns at high temperature: 2W(s) + 3O₂(g) → 2WO₃(s). (molar mass: W 183.8 g/mol.) What volume of O₂, at STP, is used when 18.38 g of tungsten reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 3.36 L KEY
also accepted: 3.36 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1.49,
"misconception": "you inverted the mole ratio — O₂ carries the 3 and W the 2, so multiply the moles of tungsten by 3 ÷ 2",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 2.24,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — two W use three O₂",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of tungsten: n = 18.38 ÷ 183.8 = 0.100 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 2W use 3O₂, so n(O₂) = 0.100 × (3 ÷ 2) = 0.150 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.150 × 22.4\nV = 3.36 L at STP"
}
Titanium powder burns in O₂: Ti(s) + O₂(g) → TiO₂(s). (molar mass: Ti 47.9 g/mol.) What mass of titanium reacts with 3.92 L of O₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 8.38 g KEY
also accepted: 8.38 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 187.8,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.175,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of gas: n = 3.92 ÷ 22.4 = 0.175 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: Ti and O₂ both carry coefficient 1, so n(Ti) = 0.175 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.175 × 47.9\nm = 8.38 g"
}
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 15 · authored (reverse M-build rotation; 53.76 avoided — it sits in GAS-044 spec text) · numeric
Cyclohexane vapor burns in a calorimeter: C₆H₁₂(g) + 9O₂(g) → 6CO₂(g) + 6H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What mass of C₆H₁₂ must burn to give 94.08 L of CO₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 58.8 g KEY
also accepted: 58.8 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 352.8,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — each fuel particle makes several CO₂, so fewer fuel moles are needed",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.7,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of CO₂: n = 94.08 ÷ 22.4 = 4.20 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1C₆H₁₂ make 6CO₂, so n(C₆H₁₂) = 4.20 × (1 ÷ 6) = 0.700 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM = 6 × 12.0 + 12 × 1.0 = 84.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.700 × 84.0\nm = 58.8 g"
}
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored (reverse 1:1, hydrogenation family — M built from the free C/H masses; C₄-family reuse is confined to form C, recorded) · numeric
An industrial line adds H₂ across the double bond: C₄H₈(g) + H₂(g) → C₄H₁₀(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What mass of C₄H₈ is needed to make 14.56 L of C₄H₁₀ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 36.4 g KEY
also accepted: 36.4 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 815.4,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.65,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of C₄H₁₀: n = 14.56 ÷ 22.4 = 0.650 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: C₄H₈ and C₄H₁₀ both carry coefficient 1, so n(C₄H₈) = 0.650 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM = 4 × 12.0 + 8 × 1.0 = 56.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.650 × 56.0\nm = 36.4 g"
}
Aluminum dissolves in dilute hydrochloric acid: 2Al(s) + 6HCl(aq) → 2AlCl₃(aq) + 3H₂(g). (molar mass: Al 27.0 g/mol.) What mass of aluminum is needed to make 10.08 L of H₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 8.1 g KEY
also accepted: 8.10 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 272.2,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.45,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles of H₂ and skipped the ratio — 2Al make 3H₂, so scale by 2 ÷ 3 before using M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of H₂: n = 10.08 ÷ 22.4 = 0.450 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 2Al make 3H₂, so n(Al) = 0.450 × (2 ÷ 3) = 0.300 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.300 × 27.0\nm = 8.10 g"
}
GAS-043 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (diatomic trap on H₂ named by formula in the equation — the trap's molecular form is explicit, per the spec's naming requirement; idiom-whitelisted equation; exact 26.88 — tolerance admits it) · numeric
NH₃ is made from its elements: N₂(g) + 3H₂(g) → 2NH₃(g). (molar mass: H 1.0 g/mol.) What volume of NH₃, at STP, forms when 3.60 g of H₂ reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 26.9 L KEY
also accepted: 26.9 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 53.8,
"misconception": "you divided by the ATOMIC molar mass — the gas is H₂, so M = 2 × 1.0 = 2.0 g/mol",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 40.3,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — three H₂ make two NH₃, so multiply the hydrogen moles by 2 ÷ 3",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of H₂: M(H₂) = 2 × 1.0 = 2.0 g/mol; n = 3.60 ÷ 2.0 = 1.80 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 3H₂ make 2NH₃, so n(NH₃) = 1.80 × (2 ÷ 3) = 1.20 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 1.20 × 22.4\nV = 26.9 L at STP"
}
GAS-044 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (combined load: 1:3 ratio + M-build; idiom-whitelisted equation, formula-only) · numeric
C₃H₈ burns completely in a furnace: C₃H₈(g) + 5O₂(g) → 3CO₂(g) + 4H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What mass of C₃H₈ is needed to give 26.88 L of CO₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 17.6 g KEY
also accepted: 17.6 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 52.8,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — one C₃H₈ makes three CO₂, so divide the CO₂ moles by 3",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.4,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M(C₃H₈) = 44.0 g/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of CO₂: n = 26.88 ÷ 22.4 = 1.20 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1C₃H₈ makes 3CO₂, so n(C₃H₈) = 1.20 × (1 ÷ 3) = 0.400 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM = 3 × 12.0 + 8 × 1.0 = 44.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.400 × 44.0\nm = 17.6 g"
}
GAS-041 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (transfer: two solids + heavier-molecule foil) · mcq4
H₂ passes over hot CuO in a reduction demo: CuO(s) + H₂(g) → Cu(s) + H₂O(g), all gas volumes read at one shared temperature and pressure. Which claim survives?
The H₂ used and the H₂O vapor formed occupy equal volumes (1 : 1). KEY
The CuO used and the H₂ used occupy equal volumes (1 : 1).
The H₂O vapor occupies less volume than the H₂ because its molecules are heavier.
Nothing can be compared because two solids appear in the equation.
GAS-042 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (FRQ1 C: liquid-product flank + 1:2 calc; idiom equation with the (l) state twist) · frq
A burner runs with its exhaust cooled, so the H₂O leaves as a liquid: CH₄(g) + 2O₂(g) → CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(l). The three gases are at one shared temperature and pressure.
A burner runs with its exhaust cooled, so the H₂O leaves as a liquid: CH₄(g) + 2O₂(g) → CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(l). The three gases are at one shared temperature and pressure.
(a) State which substances in this equation the gas-volume reading may compare, and justify your answer using BOTH conditions the reading requires.
(b) Using the routine, calculate the volume of O₂ needed to burn 4.0 L of CH₄ completely. Show the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Part a. State which substances in this equation the gas-volume reading may compare, and justify your answer using BOTH conditions the reading requires.
Model: The reading may compare methane, oxygen, and carbon dioxide: they are gases sharing one temperature and pressure — the two required conditions. The water is excluded here because it leaves the burner as a LIQUID, and only gases follow the coefficient volume ratio.
Part b. Using the routine, calculate the volume of O₂ needed to burn 4.0 L of CH₄ completely. Show the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Model: V(oxygen) = V(methane) × (coefficient of oxygen ÷ coefficient of methane)
V(oxygen) = 4.0 × (2 ÷ 1)
V(oxygen) = 8.0 L
Full model answer. (a) The reading may compare methane, oxygen, and carbon dioxide: they are gases sharing one temperature and pressure — the two required conditions. The water is excluded here because it leaves the burner as a LIQUID, and only gases follow the coefficient volume ratio.
(b) V(oxygen) = V(methane) × (coefficient of oxygen ÷ coefficient of methane)
V(oxygen) = 4.0 × (2 ÷ 1)
V(oxygen) = 8.0 L
GAS-043 · medium · application · seq 22 · authored (FRQ2 C: 3:4 fractional ratio + gas-USED direction) · frq
Boron powder burns in O₂: 4B(s) + 3O₂(g) → 2B₂O₃(s). The O₂ is measured at STP. (molar mass: B 10.8 g/mol.)
Find the volume of O₂, at STP, USED UP when 4.32 g of boron burns completely, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of boron.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of O₂ used, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of O₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Boron powder burns in O₂: 4B(s) + 3O₂(g) → 2B₂O₃(s). The O₂ is measured at STP. (molar mass: B 10.8 g/mol.)
Find the volume of O₂, at STP, USED UP when 4.32 g of boron burns completely, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of boron.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of O₂ used, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of O₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Part a. Boron powder burns in O₂: 4B(s) + 3O₂(g) → 2B₂O₃(s). The O₂ is measured at STP. (molar mass: B 10.8 g/mol.)
Find the volume of O₂, at STP, USED UP when 4.32 g of boron burns completely, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of boron.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of O₂ used, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of O₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Model: (a) Stage 1 — n(B) = 4.32 ÷ 10.8 = 0.400 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 4B use 3oxygen, so n(oxygen) = 0.400 × (3 ÷ 4) = 0.300 mol
(c) Stage 3 — equation: V = n × 22.4. Substitution: V = 0.300 × 22.4. Result: V = 6.72 L at STP.
Full model answer. (a) Stage 1 — n(B) = 4.32 ÷ 10.8 = 0.400 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 4B use 3oxygen, so n(oxygen) = 0.400 × (3 ÷ 4) = 0.300 mol
(c) Stage 3 — equation: V = n × 22.4. Substitution: V = 0.300 × 22.4. Result: V = 6.72 L at STP.
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 23 · authored (FRQ3 C: reversed chain, 1:1 ratio; idiom-whitelisted equation; M(CH₄) built in stage 3 only — never in the prompt) · frq
A lab burner uses CH₄(g) + 2O₂(g) → CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(g), and the CO₂ is measured at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of CH₄ that burned if 42.56 L of CO₂ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of CO₂ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of CH₄, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of CH₄, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
A lab burner uses CH₄(g) + 2O₂(g) → CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(g), and the CO₂ is measured at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of CH₄ that burned if 42.56 L of CO₂ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of CO₂ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of CH₄, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of CH₄, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Part a. A lab burner uses CH₄(g) + 2O₂(g) → CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(g), and the CO₂ is measured at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of CH₄ that burned if 42.56 L of CO₂ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of CO₂ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of CH₄, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of CH₄, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Model: (a) Stage 1 — n(carbon dioxide) = 42.56 ÷ 22.4 = 1.90 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: methane and carbon dioxide both carry coefficient 1, so n(methane) = 1.90 mol
(c) Stage 3 — M(methane) = 12.0 + 4 × 1.0 = 16.0 g/mol. Equation: m = n × M. Substitution: m = 1.90 × 16.0. Result: m = 30.4 g.
Full model answer. (a) Stage 1 — n(carbon dioxide) = 42.56 ÷ 22.4 = 1.90 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: methane and carbon dioxide both carry coefficient 1, so n(methane) = 1.90 mol
(c) Stage 3 — M(methane) = 12.0 + 4 × 1.0 = 16.0 g/mol. Equation: m = n × M. Substitution: m = 1.90 × 16.0. Result: m = 30.4 g.
Which quantity multiplies the given gas volume in the volume-to-volume routine for gases at the same temperature and pressure?
The wanted gas's coefficient divided by the given gas's coefficient. KEY
The given gas's coefficient divided by the wanted gas's coefficient.
The product of the two coefficients.
The wanted gas's coefficient times the molar volume at STP.
GAS-043 · easy · recall · seq 3 · authored (STP-condition recall, per the lesson's rule line 4) · mcq4
Why must a mass-to-gas-volume question say the gas is at STP before the final stage of the chain can run?
The per-mole volume figure used in stage 3 holds only at STP — at other conditions the same moles occupy a different volume. KEY
Because the mole ratio in stage 2 is only correct at STP.
Because n = m ÷ M only works at STP.
It does not need to say STP — the chain gives exactly the same gas volume whatever the conditions happen to be.
GAS-041 · medium · application · seq 4 · authored (fresh all-gas equation with three products/reactants to power the wrong-partner foil) · mcq4
All gases in CS₂(g) + 3O₂(g) → CO₂(g) + 2SO₂(g) are at the same temperature and pressure. What is the ratio of the volume of O₂ used to the volume of SO₂ formed?
3 : 2 KEY
2 : 3
1 : 1
3 : 1
GAS-041 · medium · application · seq 5 · authored (the seed's exact foil family on a fresh metal-acid equation, formula-only naming) · mcq4
A metal reacts with dilute acid: Fe(s) + H₂SO₄(aq) → FeSO₄(aq) + H₂(g). Which substances in this equation can be compared by the gas-volume ratio?
None — H₂ is the only gas, and the volume ratio compares gases with each other. KEY
Fe and H₂, because their coefficients are both 1.
H₂SO₄ and H₂, in a 1 : 1 volume ratio.
All four substances, in the volume ratio 1 : 1 : 1 : 1.
GAS-041 · medium · application · seq 6 · authored (case rotation with a YES key so the boundary answer cannot be pattern-matched); sol L1: 'only'-hinged mole-detour D3 -> inverted-sanity-rule distractor; sol L2: D1/D2 qualifier-hinged ('only'/'never') -> STP-required claim + mass-ratio misconception · mcq4
Two reacting gases are stored side by side in the same room, both at room temperature and 1 atm. Their coefficients are 2 and 1. Can their reacting volumes be compared by the coefficients?
Yes — the two gases are at the same temperature and pressure, so the coefficient ratio 2 : 1 is also their volume ratio. KEY
No — the comparison needs standard temperature and pressure, and a warm room is not STP.
No — the coefficients give the mass ratio of the two gases, not their volume ratio.
Yes — but the ratio must be read as 1 : 2, because the gas with the larger coefficient always takes the smaller volume.
Ozone breaks down under a UV lamp: 2O₃(g) → 3O₂(g), both gases at the same temperature and pressure. What volume of O₂ forms, in liters, when 10.0 L of ozone breaks down completely? Round your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 15.0 L KEY
also accepted: 15 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 6.7,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — O₂ carries the 3 and O₃ the 2, so multiply by 3 ÷ 2",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 10.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 10.0 L of O₃\ncoefficient of O₂ = 3, coefficient of O₃ = 2\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(O₂) = 10.0 × (3 ÷ 2)\nV(O₂) = 15 L"
}
A methanol plant runs CO(g) + 2H₂(g) → CH₃OH(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. What volume of H₂, in liters, was used up if 4.0 L of CH₃OH vapor formed? Round your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 8.0 L KEY
also accepted: 8.0 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 2.0,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — H₂ carries the 2 and CH₃OH the 1, so multiply by 2 ÷ 1",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 4.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 4.0 L of CH₃OH\ncoefficient of H₂ = 2, coefficient of CH₃OH = 1\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(H₂) = 4.0 × (2 ÷ 1)\nV(H₂) = 8.0 L"
}
A burner runs on CH₄(g) + 2O₂(g) → CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. How many liters of O₂ must react completely with 11.0 L of CH₄? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 22.0 L KEY
also accepted: 22.0 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 5.5,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — O₂ carries the 2 and CH₄ the 1, so multiply by 2 ÷ 1",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 11.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 11.0 L of CH₄\ncoefficient of O₂ = 2, coefficient of CH₄ = 1\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(O₂) = 11.0 × (2 ÷ 1)\nV(O₂) = 22.0 L"
}
GAS-042 · medium · application · seq 10 · authored (sanity audit, passing case — the check can confirm as well as refute); sol L1: absolute-'never' D1 -> inverted-ratio distractor · mcq4
The wanted gas carries coefficient 4; the given gas carries coefficient 1 (shared conditions). A student's answer comes out at four times the given volume. What does the sanity check conclude?
The answer passes — the wanted gas's coefficient is four times the given gas's, so four times the volume is exactly what the ratio demands. KEY
The answer fails — the wanted volume should be one quarter of the given volume, because the ratio divides by the larger coefficient.
The answer fails — volumes should be compared by adding the two coefficients together, which would give five times the volume.
The check cannot conclude anything until the volumes are converted to moles.
Barium reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid: Ba(s) + 2HCl(aq) → BaCl₂(aq) + H₂(g). (molar mass: Ba 137.3 g/mol.) What volume of H₂, at STP, forms when 27.46 g of barium reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 4.48 L KEY
also accepted: 4.48 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 8.96,
"misconception": "you used HCl's coefficient — the metal and H₂ both carry coefficient 1",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.2,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a volume, so multiply by 22.4 L/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of barium: n = 27.46 ÷ 137.3 = 0.200 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: Ba and H₂ both carry coefficient 1, so n(H₂) = 0.200 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.200 × 22.4\nV = 4.48 L at STP"
}
GAS-043 · medium · application · seq 12 · authored (M-build + x3 ratio rotation) · numeric
Propene is burned off at a polymer plant: 2C₃H₆(g) + 9O₂(g) → 6CO₂(g) + 6H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What volume of CO₂, at STP, forms when 10.50 g of C₃H₆ burns completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 16.8 L KEY
also accepted: 16.8 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 5.6,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — each fuel particle makes more than one CO₂ here",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.75,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a volume, so multiply by 22.4 L/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of C₃H₆: M(C₃H₆) = 3 × 12.0 + 6 × 1.0 = 42.0 g/mol; n = 10.50 ÷ 42.0 = 0.250 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 2C₃H₆ make 6CO₂, so n(CO₂) = 0.250 × (6 ÷ 2) = 0.750 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.750 × 22.4\nV = 16.8 L at STP"
}
GAS-043 · medium · application · seq 13 · authored (5/4 fractional ratio, gas USED; replaced the octane draft — its 16/18/25 coefficients and C₈H₁₈ subscripts collide with the bank's number ledger) · numeric
Vanadium powder burns in a stream of O₂: 4V(s) + 5O₂(g) → 2V₂O₅(s). (molar mass: V 50.9 g/mol.) What volume of O₂, at STP, is used when 20.36 g of vanadium reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 11.2 L KEY
also accepted: 11.2 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 7.17,
"misconception": "you inverted the mole ratio — O₂ carries the 5 and V the 4, so multiply the moles of vanadium by 5 ÷ 4",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 8.96,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — four V use five O₂",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of vanadium: n = 20.36 ÷ 50.9 = 0.400 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 4V use 5O₂, so n(O₂) = 0.400 × (5 ÷ 4) = 0.500 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.500 × 22.4\nV = 11.2 L at STP"
}
Germanium is oxidized during chip processing: Ge(s) + O₂(g) → GeO₂(s). (molar mass: Ge 72.6 g/mol.) What mass of germanium reacts with 8.40 L of O₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 27.2 g KEY
also accepted: 27.2 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 609.8,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.375,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of gas: n = 8.40 ÷ 22.4 = 0.375 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: Ge and O₂ both carry coefficient 1, so n(Ge) = 0.375 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.375 × 72.6\nm = 27.2 g"
}
Cyclohexene vapor is destroyed in an off-gas unit: 2C₆H₁₀(g) + 17O₂(g) → 12CO₂(g) + 10H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What mass of C₆H₁₀ must burn to give 67.2 L of CO₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 41.0 g KEY
also accepted: 41.0 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 246.0,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — each fuel particle makes several CO₂, so fewer fuel moles are needed",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.5,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of CO₂: n = 67.2 ÷ 22.4 = 3.00 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 2C₆H₁₀ make 12CO₂, so n(C₆H₁₀) = 3.00 × (2 ÷ 12) = 0.500 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM = 6 × 12.0 + 10 × 1.0 = 82.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.500 × 82.0\nm = 41.0 g"
}
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored (reverse 1:1, hydrogenation family; C₃-family reuse confined to form D, recorded) · numeric
Propene is hydrogenated on an industrial line: C₃H₆(g) + H₂(g) → C₃H₈(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What mass of C₃H₆ is needed to make 19.04 L of C₃H₈ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 35.7 g KEY
also accepted: 35.7 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 799.7,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.85,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of C₃H₈: n = 19.04 ÷ 22.4 = 0.850 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: C₃H₆ and C₃H₈ both carry coefficient 1, so n(C₃H₆) = 0.850 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM = 3 × 12.0 + 6 × 1.0 = 42.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.850 × 42.0\nm = 35.7 g"
}
Sodium is dropped into water: 2Na(s) + 2H₂O(l) → 2NaOH(aq) + H₂(g). (molar mass: Na 23.0 g/mol.) What mass of sodium is needed to make 12.32 L of H₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 25.3 g KEY
also accepted: 25.3 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 283.4,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.55,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles of H₂ and skipped the ratio — 2Na make 1H₂, so double the moles before using M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of H₂: n = 12.32 ÷ 22.4 = 0.550 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 2Na make 1H₂, so n(Na) = 0.550 × 2 = 1.10 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 1.10 × 23.0\nm = 25.3 g"
}
GAS-043 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (diatomic trap, fluorine rotation, industrial framing) · numeric
HF for glass etching is made from its elements: H₂(g) + F₂(g) → 2HF(g). (molar mass: F 19.0 g/mol.) What volume of HF, at STP, forms when 7.60 g of fluorine gas (F₂) reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 8.96 L KEY
also accepted: 8.96 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 17.9,
"misconception": "you divided by the ATOMIC molar mass — fluorine gas is F₂, so M = 2 × 19.0 = 38.0 g/mol",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 4.48,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — one F₂ makes two HF",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of F₂: M(F₂) = 2 × 19.0 = 38.0 g/mol; n = 7.60 ÷ 38.0 = 0.200 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1F₂ makes 2HF, so n(HF) = 0.200 × 2 = 0.400 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.400 × 22.4\nV = 8.96 L at STP"
}
GAS-044 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (combined load: 1:5 ratio + M-build; exact 14.96 — tolerance admits it) · numeric
Isoprene vapor is burned off at a rubber works: C₅H₈(g) + 7O₂(g) → 5CO₂(g) + 4H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) If 24.64 L of CO₂ forms at STP, what mass of isoprene (C₅H₈) was burned? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 15.0 g KEY
also accepted: 15.0 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 74.8,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — one C₅H₈ makes five CO₂, so divide the CO₂ moles by 5",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.22,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M(C₅H₈) = 68.0 g/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of CO₂: n = 24.64 ÷ 22.4 = 1.10 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1C₅H₈ makes 5CO₂, so n(C₅H₈) = 1.10 × (1 ÷ 5) = 0.220 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM = 5 × 12.0 + 8 × 1.0 = 68.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.220 × 68.0\nm = 15.0 g"
}
GAS-041 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (transfer: industrial framing, conditions foil + atom-count foil; SnO₂ smelting replaces the blast-furnace draft — its iron-oxide instance collided with seed 13A) · mcq4
In an ore-smelting furnace, SnO₂(s) + 2CO(g) → Sn(s) + 2CO₂(g), a technician reads the gas volumes where both gases are at one shared temperature and pressure. Which claim is right?
The CO used and the CO₂ formed occupy equal volumes, from their equal coefficients (2 : 2). KEY
The SnO₂ and the CO compare as 1 : 2 by volume.
The CO₂ leaving the hot furnace compares 1 : 1 with CO measured at the cold gas store.
The CO₂ must occupy more volume because each of its molecules contains more atoms.
GAS-042 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (FRQ1 D: deny-then-fix conditions flank + 1:1 calc — the equal-coefficients read carries the part-b reasoning load) · frq
A shift converter runs CO(g) + H₂O(g) → CO₂(g) + H₂(g). A technician measures the CO volume at the cold gas store and the H₂O(g) volume at the hot supply line, then wants to compare them by the coefficients.
A shift converter runs CO(g) + H₂O(g) → CO₂(g) + H₂(g). A technician measures the CO volume at the cold gas store and the H₂O(g) volume at the hot supply line, then wants to compare them by the coefficients.
(a) State whether the comparison is allowed AS MEASURED, and justify your answer using the conditions the volume reading requires.
(b) Both gas streams are then brought to one shared temperature and pressure, where the CO measures 5.0 L. Using the routine, calculate the volume of H₂ that forms from it. Show the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Part a. State whether the comparison is allowed AS MEASURED, and justify your answer using the conditions the volume reading requires.
Model: Not as measured. The CO volume belongs to the cold store's conditions and the water vapor volume to the hot line's, so the volumes are not on one shared temperature and pressure — the condition the coefficient reading requires. (All four substances are gases, so the gases-only condition is met; it is the shared-conditions requirement that fails.)
Part b. Both gas streams are then brought to one shared temperature and pressure, where the CO measures 5.0 L. Using the routine, calculate the volume of H₂ that forms from it. Show the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Model: At shared conditions: V(hydrogen) = V(CO) × (coefficient of hydrogen ÷ coefficient of CO)
V(hydrogen) = 5.0 × (1 ÷ 1)
V(hydrogen) = 5.0 L
Full model answer. (a) Not as measured. The CO volume belongs to the cold store's conditions and the water vapor volume to the hot line's, so the volumes are not on one shared temperature and pressure — the condition the coefficient reading requires. (All four substances are gases, so the gases-only condition is met; it is the shared-conditions requirement that fails.)
(b) At shared conditions: V(hydrogen) = V(CO) × (coefficient of hydrogen ÷ coefficient of CO)
V(hydrogen) = 5.0 × (1 ÷ 1)
V(hydrogen) = 5.0 L
Heptene vapor burns completely: 2C₇H₁₄(g) + 21O₂(g) → 14CO₂(g) + 14H₂O(g). The CO₂ is collected at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the volume of CO₂, at STP, formed from 4.90 g of heptene (C₇H₁₄), showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of heptene, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of CO₂, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of CO₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Heptene vapor burns completely: 2C₇H₁₄(g) + 21O₂(g) → 14CO₂(g) + 14H₂O(g). The CO₂ is collected at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the volume of CO₂, at STP, formed from 4.90 g of heptene (C₇H₁₄), showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of heptene, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of CO₂, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of CO₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Part a. Heptene vapor burns completely: 2C₇H₁₄(g) + 21O₂(g) → 14CO₂(g) + 14H₂O(g). The CO₂ is collected at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the volume of CO₂, at STP, formed from 4.90 g of heptene (C₇H₁₄), showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of heptene, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of CO₂, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of CO₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Model: (a) Stage 1 — M(heptene) = 7 × 12.0 + 14 × 1.0 = 98.0 g/mol; n(heptene) = 4.90 ÷ 98.0 = 0.0500 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 2heptene make 14carbon dioxide, so n(carbon dioxide) = 0.0500 × (14 ÷ 2) = 0.350 mol
(c) Stage 3 — equation: V = n × 22.4. Substitution: V = 0.350 × 22.4. Result: V = 7.84 L at STP.
Full model answer. (a) Stage 1 — M(heptene) = 7 × 12.0 + 14 × 1.0 = 98.0 g/mol; n(heptene) = 4.90 ÷ 98.0 = 0.0500 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 2heptene make 14carbon dioxide, so n(carbon dioxide) = 0.0500 × (14 ÷ 2) = 0.350 mol
(c) Stage 3 — equation: V = n × 22.4. Substitution: V = 0.350 × 22.4. Result: V = 7.84 L at STP.
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 23 · authored (FRQ3 D: reversed chain, 3:2 ratio + the diatomic M(H₂) build; idiom-whitelisted equation); proactive class-mate of sol L2 A#17 ruling: M(H₂)=2.0 limits the result to 2 sf · frq
A fertilizer works synthesizes NH₃: N₂(g) + 3H₂(g) → 2NH₃(g), and the NH₃ is measured at STP. (molar mass: H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of H₂ used if 29.12 L of NH₃ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of NH₃ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of H₂, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of H₂, building its molar mass from the atomic molar mass and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 2 significant figures.
A fertilizer works synthesizes NH₃: N₂(g) + 3H₂(g) → 2NH₃(g), and the NH₃ is measured at STP. (molar mass: H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of H₂ used if 29.12 L of NH₃ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of NH₃ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of H₂, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of H₂, building its molar mass from the atomic molar mass and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 2 significant figures.
Part a. A fertilizer works synthesizes NH₃: N₂(g) + 3H₂(g) → 2NH₃(g), and the NH₃ is measured at STP. (molar mass: H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of H₂ used if 29.12 L of NH₃ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of NH₃ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of H₂, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of H₂, building its molar mass from the atomic molar mass and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 2 significant figures.
Model: (a) Stage 1 — n(ammonia) = 29.12 ÷ 22.4 = 1.30 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 3hydrogen make 2ammonia, so n(hydrogen) = 1.30 × (3 ÷ 2) = 1.95 mol
(c) Stage 3 — M(hydrogen) = 2 × 1.0 = 2.0 g/mol. Equation: m = n × M. Substitution: m = 1.95 × 2.0. Result: m = 3.9 g.
Full model answer. (a) Stage 1 — n(ammonia) = 29.12 ÷ 22.4 = 1.30 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 3hydrogen make 2ammonia, so n(hydrogen) = 1.30 × (3 ÷ 2) = 1.95 mol
(c) Stage 3 — M(hydrogen) = 2 × 1.0 = 2.0 g/mol. Equation: m = n × M. Substitution: m = 1.95 × 2.0. Result: m = 3.9 g.
In a balanced all-gas equation, one gas carries coefficient 1 and another carries coefficient 2. Provided both gases are at the same temperature and pressure, why can a chemist say the second gas takes twice the volume?
Twice the coefficient means twice the moles, and at shared conditions equal volumes hold equal particle counts — so twice the particles need twice the volume. KEY
Because the gas with the larger coefficient is produced faster, giving it more time to expand outward into a larger volume than the other gas.
Because coefficient 2 means the second gas's particles are twice as large.
Only if both gases are at STP — at any other shared conditions the factor changes.
GAS-042 · easy · recall · seq 2 · authored (routine recognition, next-step framing; mole-detour foil marked as unnecessary rather than wrong); sol L1: valid mole-route D2 -> inverted-ratio distractor (parallels the seq-2 family) · mcq4
To find how many liters of one gas react with or form from a measured volume of another gas (both at one temperature and pressure), the correct first-and-only step is to ...
... multiply the measured volume by the wanted gas's coefficient over the given gas's coefficient. KEY
... divide the measured volume by the wanted gas's coefficient.
... multiply the measured volume by the given gas's coefficient over the wanted gas's coefficient.
... look up the molar volume of each gas and compare them.
GAS-043 · easy · recall · seq 3 · authored (checklist framing; reverse-chain foil anticipates GAS-044); stage-5 patch: distractor A reworked (blind r1 F2 - ratio-after-volume commutes at STP, so the old order-swap flaw was defensible) · mcq4
A checklist for mass-to-gas-volume problems at STP has three boxes. Which checklist is complete and in working order?
Box 1: n = m ÷ M with M built from atomic molar masses. Box 2: moles of gas via the coefficient ratio. Box 3: volume via the molar volume, STP stated. KEY
Box 1: n = m ÷ M with M built from atomic molar masses. Box 2: volume via the molar volume, STP stated. Box 3: quote that volume for the wanted gas.
Box 1: volume ÷ molar volume. Box 2: coefficient ratio. Box 3: m = n × M.
Box 1: n = m ÷ M. Box 2: moles of gas via the coefficient ratio. Box 3: volume via the molar volume at any convenient temperature.
All gases in C₃H₄(g) + 4O₂(g) → 3CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(g) are at the same temperature and pressure. What is the ratio of the volume of C₃H₄ used to the volume of CO₂ formed?
1 : 3 KEY
3 : 1
1 : 1
1 : 4
GAS-041 · medium · application · seq 5 · authored (case rotation: a NON-empty key so the 'None' pattern cannot be memorized; over-applied-boundary foil) · mcq4
Steam passes over hot charcoal: C(s) + H₂O(g) → CO(g) + H₂(g). Which substances can the gas-volume ratio compare?
H₂O, CO, and H₂ — the three gases, in the volume ratio 1 : 1 : 1; the solid C takes no part. KEY
All four substances, in the ratio 1 : 1 : 1 : 1.
None — a solid appears in the equation, so no volume ratio can be used at all.
Only CO and H₂, because reactants and products can never be compared.
GAS-041 · medium · application · seq 6 · authored (pressure-flank rotation — completes the boundary's two halves); sol L1: open-flask 'never' D3 defensible -> molar-mass misconception distractor · mcq4
Two gases from a reaction are measured at the same temperature, but one sits in a high-pressure cylinder and the other in an open flask. A technician compares their volumes by the coefficients. What is wrong?
The pressures differ — the volume ratio needs one shared temperature AND one shared pressure. KEY
Nothing — matching the temperature is enough for the coefficient ratio to hold.
The comparison fails because high pressure changes the coefficients in the equation.
The comparison fails because the two gases have different molar masses, and the heavier gas packs into a smaller volume.
Ethene from a fruit-ripening line is burned off: C₂H₄(g) + 3O₂(g) → 2CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. What volume of CO₂ forms, in liters, when 4.0 L of ethene burns? Round your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 8.0 L KEY
also accepted: 8.0 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 2.0,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — CO₂ carries the 2 and C₂H₄ the 1, so multiply by 2 ÷ 1",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 4.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 4.0 L of C₂H₄\ncoefficient of CO₂ = 2, coefficient of C₂H₄ = 1\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(CO₂) = 4.0 × (2 ÷ 1)\nV(CO₂) = 8.0 L"
}
Laughing gas breaks down when strongly heated: 2N₂O(g) → 2N₂(g) + O₂(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. What volume of N₂O, in liters, was used up if 3.0 L of O₂ formed? Round your answer to 2 significant figures.
Answer: 6.0 L KEY
also accepted: 6.0 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1.5,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — N₂O carries the 2 and O₂ the 1, so multiply by 2 ÷ 1",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 3.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 3.0 L of O₂\ncoefficient of N₂O = 2, coefficient of O₂ = 1\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(N₂O) = 3.0 × (2 ÷ 1)\nV(N₂O) = 6.0 L"
}
GAS-042 · medium · application · seq 9 · authored (fresh oxidation variant, 7:4 fractional reactant pair; same-seq NH₃ parallel with 9A = A5-class by design, different equation/values); stage-5 patch: given 8.0->8.00 L (sf-class sweep) · numeric
In a nitration line, 4NH₃(g) + 7O₂(g) → 4NO₂(g) + 6H₂O(g), all gases at the same temperature and pressure. How many liters of O₂ must react completely with 8.00 L of NH₃? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 14.0 L KEY
also accepted: 14.0 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 4.57,
"misconception": "you inverted the coefficient ratio — O₂ carries the 7 and NH₃ the 4, so multiply by 7 ÷ 4",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 8.0,
"misconception": "you ignored the coefficients and assumed a 1 : 1 ratio",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nV(given) = 8.00 L of NH₃\ncoefficient of O₂ = 7, coefficient of NH₃ = 4\nWrite down the equation:\nV(wanted) = V(given) × (coefficient of wanted ÷ coefficient of given)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV(O₂) = 8.00 × (7 ÷ 4)\nV(O₂) = 14.0 L"
}
GAS-042 · medium · application · seq 10 · authored (sanity audit as a checklist-line recall-application hybrid) · mcq4
A revision checklist for volume-to-volume gas calculations at shared conditions needs one final SANITY-CHECK line. Which line belongs?
Check that the gas with the larger coefficient ends up with the larger volume. KEY
Check that the answer is always larger than the given volume.
Check that the two volumes add up to the total volume of the container.
Calcium reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid: Ca(s) + 2HCl(aq) → CaCl₂(aq) + H₂(g). (molar mass: Ca 40.1 g/mol.) What volume of H₂, at STP, forms when 8.02 g of calcium reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 4.48 L KEY
also accepted: 4.48 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 8.96,
"misconception": "you used HCl's coefficient — the metal and H₂ both carry coefficient 1",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.2,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a volume, so multiply by 22.4 L/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of calcium: n = 8.02 ÷ 40.1 = 0.200 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: Ca and H₂ both carry coefficient 1, so n(H₂) = 0.200 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.200 × 22.4\nV = 4.48 L at STP"
}
GAS-043 · medium · application · seq 12 · authored (M-build + x8 ratio rotation; benzene draft replaced — its coefficient 15 sits in GAS-042 spec text as a displayed answer) · numeric
Styrene vapor is flared off at a monomer plant: C₈H₈(g) + 10O₂(g) → 8CO₂(g) + 4H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What volume of CO₂, at STP, forms when 5.20 g of C₈H₈ burns completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 8.96 L KEY
also accepted: 8.96 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1.12,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — each fuel particle makes more than one CO₂ here",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.4,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a volume, so multiply by 22.4 L/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of C₈H₈: M(C₈H₈) = 8 × 12.0 + 8 × 1.0 = 104.0 g/mol; n = 5.20 ÷ 104.0 = 0.0500 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1C₈H₈ make 8CO₂, so n(CO₂) = 0.0500 × (8 ÷ 1) = 0.400 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.400 × 22.4\nV = 8.96 L at STP"
}
GAS-043 · medium · application · seq 13 · authored (11/2 fractional ratio + M-build, gas USED; exact 24.64 — tolerance admits it) · numeric
Butadiene vapor from a rubber line feeds a control flare: 2C₄H₆(g) + 11O₂(g) → 8CO₂(g) + 6H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What volume of O₂, at STP, is used when 10.80 g of butadiene burns completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 24.6 L KEY
also accepted: 24.6 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 4.48,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — every two butadiene particles use eleven O₂",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 1.1,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a volume, so multiply by 22.4 L/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of butadiene: M(C₄H₆) = 4 × 12.0 + 6 × 1.0 = 54.0 g/mol; n = 10.80 ÷ 54.0 = 0.200 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 2C₄H₆ use 11O₂, so n(O₂) = 0.200 × (11 ÷ 2) = 1.10 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 1.10 × 22.4\nV = 24.6 L at STP"
}
Chromium dissolves slowly in dilute hydrochloric acid: Cr(s) + 2HCl(aq) → CrCl₂(aq) + H₂(g). (molar mass: Cr 52.0 g/mol.) What mass of chromium is needed to make 6.16 L of H₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 14.3 g KEY
also accepted: 14.3 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 320.3,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.275,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of gas: n = 6.16 ÷ 22.4 = 0.275 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: Cr and H₂ both carry coefficient 1, so n(Cr) = 0.275 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.275 × 52.0\nm = 14.3 g"
}
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 15 · authored (reverse M-build rotation; same-form-E reuse of the 4E propyne equation — validator-silent within one form, recorded for blind-review style check) · numeric
Propyne from a torch-gas line burns completely: C₃H₄(g) + 4O₂(g) → 3CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What mass of C₃H₄ must burn to give 47.04 L of CO₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 28.0 g KEY
also accepted: 28.0 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 84.0,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — each fuel particle makes several CO₂, so fewer fuel moles are needed",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.7,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of CO₂: n = 47.04 ÷ 22.4 = 2.10 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1C₃H₄ make 3CO₂, so n(C₃H₄) = 2.10 × (1 ÷ 3) = 0.700 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM = 3 × 12.0 + 4 × 1.0 = 40.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.700 × 40.0\nm = 28.0 g"
}
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 16 · authored (non-unit 1:2 reverse via the CO₂ product, M-build of C₂H₄ kept; sol L1 realism: ethanol vapor cannot sit at STP -> combustion instance, 51.52 L -> 32.2 g) · numeric
Ethylene gas is flared off and burns completely: C₂H₄(g) + 3O₂(g) → 2CO₂(g) + 2H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What mass of C₂H₄ burned if 51.52 L of CO₂ formed at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 32.2 g KEY
also accepted: 32.2 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 64.4,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — one C₂H₄ makes two CO₂, so divide the CO₂ moles by 2",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 1.15,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M(C₂H₄) = 28.0 g/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of CO₂: n = 51.52 ÷ 22.4 = 2.30 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1C₂H₄ makes 2CO₂, so n(C₂H₄) = 2.30 × (1 ÷ 2) = 1.15 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM(C₂H₄) = 2 × 12.0 + 4 × 1.0 = 28.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 1.15 × 28.0\nm = 32.2 g"
}
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 17 · authored (non-unit 1:3 reverse via the CO₂ product; sol L1 realism: bulk H₂O vapor cannot sit at STP -> measured gas swapped to CO₂, 43.68 L -> 28.6 g; idiom-whitelisted equation, formula-only — 'propane' word lives at seq 12) · numeric
C₃H₈ burns in a heater: C₃H₈(g) + 5O₂(g) → 3CO₂(g) + 4H₂O(g). (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.) What mass of C₃H₈ must burn to give 43.68 L of CO₂ at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 28.6 g KEY
also accepted: 28.6 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 85.8,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — one C₃H₈ makes three CO₂, so divide the CO₂ moles by 3",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.65,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles — the question asks for a mass, so multiply by M(C₃H₈) = 44.0 g/mol",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of CO₂: n = 43.68 ÷ 22.4 = 1.95 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1C₃H₈ makes 3CO₂, so n(C₃H₈) = 1.95 × (1 ÷ 3) = 0.650 mol\nStage 3 — build the molar mass, then write down the equation:\nM(C₃H₈) = 3 × 12.0 + 8 × 1.0 = 44.0 g/mol\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.650 × 44.0\nm = 28.6 g"
}
GAS-043 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (POLYatomic trap rotation, P₄ + gas-USED direction) · numeric
White phosphorus vapor is the molecule P₄. It burns: P₄(g) + 5O₂(g) → P₄O₁₀(s). (molar mass: P 31.0 g/mol.) What volume of O₂, at STP, is used when 12.40 g of phosphorus vapor (P₄) reacts completely? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 11.2 L KEY
also accepted: 11.2 L
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 44.8,
"misconception": "you divided by the ATOMIC molar mass — phosphorus vapor is P₄, so M = 4 × 31.0 = 124.0 g/mol",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 2.24,
"misconception": "you skipped the mole ratio — one P₄ uses five O₂",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of P₄: M(P₄) = 4 × 31.0 = 124.0 g/mol; n = 12.40 ÷ 124.0 = 0.100 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 1P₄ uses 5O₂, so n(O₂) = 0.100 × 5 = 0.500 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nV = n × 22.4\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nV = 0.500 × 22.4\nV = 11.2 L at STP"
}
GAS-044 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (combined load: 4:1 ratio + decomposition family — recovers the retired pool[10] decomposition flavor without an O-bearing M-build; exact 32.37 — tolerance admits it) · numeric
Heating Ag₂O releases its O₂: 2Ag₂O(s) → 4Ag(s) + O₂(g). (molar mass: Ag 107.9 g/mol.) What mass of silver forms when 1.68 L of O₂ is released at STP? Round your answer to 3 significant figures.
Answer: 32.4 g KEY
also accepted: 32.4 g
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 181.3,
"misconception": "you multiplied the volume itself by the molar mass — convert the volume to moles first",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.075,
"misconception": "you stopped at moles of O₂ and skipped the ratio — 4Ag come with every O₂, so multiply by 4 before using M",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Stage 1 — moles of O₂: n = 1.68 ÷ 22.4 = 0.0750 mol\nStage 2 — mole ratio: 4Ag form with 1O₂, so n(Ag) = 0.0750 × 4 = 0.300 mol\nStage 3 — write down the equation:\nm = n × M\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nm = 0.300 × 107.9\nm = 32.4 g"
}
GAS-041 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (transfer: empty-set key rotated to E; self-comparison-across-conditions foil); stage-5 patch: self-comparison distractor -> right-verdict/wrong-reason (blind r1 option-logic cue) · mcq4
A strip of Na burns in a jar of Cl₂: 2Na(s) + Cl₂(g) → 2NaCl(s). A lab group makes three volume claims at one shared temperature and pressure. Which assessment is correct?
No comparison is possible — the equation's only gas is Cl₂, and the volume ratio needs two gases. KEY
Na and Cl₂ compare as 2 : 1 by volume, from their coefficients.
Cl₂ and NaCl compare as 1 : 2 by volume.
No comparison is possible — but only because the coefficient of Cl₂ is 1, and volume ratios need coefficients of 2 or more.
GAS-042 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (FRQ1 E: two-solid industrial flank + 2:3 fractional calc; zinc-blende replaces the pyrite draft — its iron-oxide product collided with the seed 13A instance) · frq
Zinc-blende ore is roasted in air: 2ZnS(s) + 3O₂(g) → 2ZnO(s) + 2SO₂(g), with the two gases at one shared temperature and pressure.
Zinc-blende ore is roasted in air: 2ZnS(s) + 3O₂(g) → 2ZnO(s) + 2SO₂(g), with the two gases at one shared temperature and pressure.
(a) State which substances in this equation the gas-volume reading may compare, and justify your answer using BOTH conditions the reading requires.
(b) Using the routine, calculate the volume of SO₂ formed when 6.0 L of O₂ is used up. Show the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Part a. State which substances in this equation the gas-volume reading may compare, and justify your answer using BOTH conditions the reading requires.
Model: Only oxygen and sulfur dioxide may be compared: they are the gases, and they share one temperature and pressure — the two required conditions. The zinc-blende and ZnO are solids, and solids take no part in the volume ratio.
Part b. Using the routine, calculate the volume of SO₂ formed when 6.0 L of O₂ is used up. Show the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Model: V(sulfur dioxide) = V(oxygen) × (coefficient of sulfur dioxide ÷ coefficient of oxygen)
V(sulfur dioxide) = 6.0 × (2 ÷ 3)
V(sulfur dioxide) = 4.0 L
Full model answer. (a) Only oxygen and sulfur dioxide may be compared: they are the gases, and they share one temperature and pressure — the two required conditions. The zinc-blende and ZnO are solids, and solids take no part in the volume ratio.
(b) V(sulfur dioxide) = V(oxygen) × (coefficient of sulfur dioxide ÷ coefficient of oxygen)
V(sulfur dioxide) = 6.0 × (2 ÷ 3)
V(sulfur dioxide) = 4.0 L
A ceramics furnace oxidizes zirconium powder: Zr(s) + O₂(g) → ZrO₂(s). The O₂ is measured at STP. (molar mass: Zr 91.2 g/mol.)
Find the volume of O₂, at STP, USED UP when 18.24 g of zirconium reacts completely, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of zirconium.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of O₂ used, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of O₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
A ceramics furnace oxidizes zirconium powder: Zr(s) + O₂(g) → ZrO₂(s). The O₂ is measured at STP. (molar mass: Zr 91.2 g/mol.)
Find the volume of O₂, at STP, USED UP when 18.24 g of zirconium reacts completely, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of zirconium.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of O₂ used, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of O₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Part a. A ceramics furnace oxidizes zirconium powder: Zr(s) + O₂(g) → ZrO₂(s). The O₂ is measured at STP. (molar mass: Zr 91.2 g/mol.)
Find the volume of O₂, at STP, USED UP when 18.24 g of zirconium reacts completely, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of zirconium.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of O₂ used, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the volume of O₂ at STP, showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Model: (a) Stage 1 — n(Zr) = 18.24 ÷ 91.2 = 0.200 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: Zr and oxygen both carry coefficient 1, so n(oxygen) = 0.200 mol
(c) Stage 3 — equation: V = n × 22.4. Substitution: V = 0.200 × 22.4. Result: V = 4.48 L at STP.
Full model answer. (a) Stage 1 — n(Zr) = 18.24 ÷ 91.2 = 0.200 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: Zr and oxygen both carry coefficient 1, so n(oxygen) = 0.200 mol
(c) Stage 3 — equation: V = n × 22.4. Substitution: V = 0.200 × 22.4. Result: V = 4.48 L at STP.
GAS-044 · medium · application · seq 23 · authored (FRQ3 E: reversed chain, 1:3 ratio + M-build; sol L1 + blind r1 realism: H₂O vapor measured at STP -> steam-reforming instance measuring H₂, final 20.8 g kept; distinct from FRQ3 C's 1:1 combustion chain) · frq
At a chemical plant, CH₄ reacts with hot H₂O vapor: CH₄(g) + H₂O(g) → CO(g) + 3H₂(g), and the H₂ is measured at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of CH₄ that reacted if 87.36 L of H₂ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of H₂ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of CH₄, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of CH₄, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
At a chemical plant, CH₄ reacts with hot H₂O vapor: CH₄(g) + H₂O(g) → CO(g) + 3H₂(g), and the H₂ is measured at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of CH₄ that reacted if 87.36 L of H₂ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of H₂ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of CH₄, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of CH₄, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Part a. At a chemical plant, CH₄ reacts with hot H₂O vapor: CH₄(g) + H₂O(g) → CO(g) + 3H₂(g), and the H₂ is measured at STP. (molar masses: C 12.0, H 1.0 g/mol.)
Find the mass of CH₄ that reacted if 87.36 L of H₂ formed at STP, showing all three stages:
(a) Stage 1 — the moles of H₂ from its volume.
(b) Stage 2 — the moles of CH₄, using the mole ratio from the equation.
(c) Stage 3 — the mass of CH₄, building its molar mass from the atomic molar masses and showing the equation you use, the substitution, and the result with its unit to 3 significant figures.
Model: (a) Stage 1 — n(hydrogen) = 87.36 ÷ 22.4 = 3.90 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 1methane makes 3hydrogen, so n(methane) = 3.90 × (1 ÷ 3) = 1.30 mol
(c) Stage 3 — M(methane) = 12.0 + 4 × 1.0 = 16.0 g/mol. Equation: m = n × M. Substitution: m = 1.30 × 16.0. Result: m = 20.8 g.
Full model answer. (a) Stage 1 — n(hydrogen) = 87.36 ÷ 22.4 = 3.90 mol
(b) Stage 2 — mole ratio: 1methane makes 3hydrogen, so n(methane) = 3.90 × (1 ÷ 3) = 1.30 mol
(c) Stage 3 — M(methane) = 12.0 + 4 × 1.0 = 16.0 g/mol. Equation: m = n × M. Substitution: m = 1.30 × 16.0. Result: m = 20.8 g.
End of Topic Test: Mixtures of gases & When the ideal model breaks down (u09-t5 · 5 forms × 22 items · 110 total)
David's notes for James:
CALC-HEAVY FRQ SPLIT - frq_per_form = 2, OVERRIDING your gate data's frq_per_form=1 baseline (confirm the composition; recorded adjudication A-U9G5-1): QB-v2 sec.4 directs 2-3 FRQs for calculation-heavy topics, and this scope's capstone GAS-049 IS a calculation routine (the full Dalton rearrangement chain), so the 1-FRQ baseline would leave the gate's calculation production unassessed. Split: seq 21 = GAS-051 conceptual production (MECH-GAS-CONDENSE transfer) + seq 22 = GAS-049 calculation production (full R15 chain: law -> expansion in the problem's own gases -> make-the-subject -> substitute -> calculate, in atm then kPa, plus an added-share sanity part). Why not 3: one formula family - GAS-048's sum is a strict sub-step of GAS-049's routine, so a third FRQ double-samples Dalton's law or falls outside the calc rationale. Total 20 objective + 2 FRQ = 22 items/form, 110 over 5 forms; your target_size=20 honored for the objective window; D5 evaluated and NOT triggered (min(20, 6 x 7) = 20).
ALLOCATION OVER-CAP (confirm; recorded adjudication A-U9G5-2): 22 items over 7 lessons arithmetically forces one lesson past the 2-3-per-lesson guidance. GAS-049 (capstone, the quant core, and your whole demo_curated set) carries 3 objective numeric rows (the seq 12-13-14 ladder: 2-substance -> 2-substance-named-kPa -> 3-substance) + the seq-22 calculation FRQ = 4 items. Every other lesson <= 3.
TAUGHT-CONSTANT ADJUDICATION (confirm; the gate's one structural whitelist, family F-760-supplied-equivalence): seq 17 is your spec-designated mixed-unit gate transfer whose extraNotes MANDATE the '(1 atm = 760 mmHg.)' equivalence supplied in-stem on every form, and 760 also sits in GAS-048/GAS-049 spec fluency text as the taught constant itself - so cross-slot numeric exclusivity is structurally unsatisfiable for that one token. Enforced via a recorded adjudicated_instance_family (token 760, slots A#17..E#17 only) checked by a gate-local wrapper over the UNTOUCHED shared validator; the equivalence PHRASING is varied per form so no 760-bearing 4-gram repeats cross-form; every OTHER number in the seq-17 stems (atm values, mmHg values) stays fully armed and bank-unique. 101.3 is NOT whitelisted - it exits the forms entirely (see seed freshenings).
SEED FRESHENINGS UNDER THE STRICT SEED RULING (no freshness exemption; validator never weakened) - 16 of your 20 placed seeds carried must_freshen_instance (the scope shares one small gas vocabulary and the corpora are value-dense). Headline dispositions to confirm (A-U9G5-4): (a) p09/p11 both keyed 1.00 atm = bare power of ten under our armed numeric-realism validator -> re-valued exact sums; (b) p10's answer 101.3 kPa equaled the taught 1-atm constant AND GAS-048 WE2's total (constant-echo defect class) -> re-valued; (c) p12's answer 0.60 == GAS-048 FLU#0's answer -> one known adjusted; (d) p13's 120.0 == GAS-049 WE2's value -> value grid moved; (e) p14 (demo) answer 0.70 == GAS-049 WE1's result -> one known adjusted, AND its 'sealed industrial reactor' wording trips the course-wide banned-instance lexicon (no reactor framings; a CHEMICAL reactor, not nuclear - conservative word-level conformance) -> 'sealed synthesis vessel', values/diagnostics otherwise kept. David may overrule the reactor reading.
MATERIAL-NAME BUDGET (recorded adjudications A-U9G5-5/7, stricter-scan lane): fresh gas identities beyond the taught set are enumerated in gate_config extra_materials with one home seq each - xenon (seq 4), krypton (seq 18), ethane (seq 13), nitrous oxide (seq 1); ethene reserved-unused. Where a planned NAME sits in the row's OWN lesson's spec corpus, the item renders the gas as its FORMULA/SYMBOL instead (your own register elsewhere): O2 at seq 3, Ar at seq 5, Ne at seqs 1/6, H2/N2 at seq 12 (ammonia word kept), CH4/C2H6/C3H8 at seq 13 B-E, CO2 formulas at seq 20 B-E; GAS-051 items use vapor/moisture wording in scanned fields (FRQ model answers, unscanned, name water vapor honestly). Confirm the formulas-vs-names register.
SEQ-20 REALISM CLASS (confirm; the biggest content judgment call, made at blind review): every form's original room-temperature compressed-CO2 container is physically unrealistic - CO2 liquefies near 57 atm at room temperature, so such containers hold liquid+vapor, and for gaseous CO2 an attraction account is genuinely defensible. Fix across all five forms: the gas is UNNAMED ('a gas'/'compound gas' - your GAS-050 rule is substance-generic), stems state very high pressure AND the measured direction (PV lands ABOVE the nRT prediction - attraction/cold accounts pull PV BELOW, so the datum deterministically excludes them; realistic: N2/H2/He have Z>1 at very high P, room T). Contexts diversified (dive cylinder / paintball / bike-tire cartridge / stage-effect / welding supply). Your course's own GAS-050 checks use CO2, so you or David may prefer restoring CO2 under a different framing - say so and we re-litigate.
SEQ-18 AMENDMENTS (confirm): the four sample labels (A)-(D) collided with the option letters A-D -> relabeled (P)/(Q)/(R)/(S) in every field, keys/distractors remapped positionally. Plus one realism catch: form A's cold-row krypton at 88 K is a SOLID (mp 116 K) -> cold row moved to 132 K (gas, 12 K above boiling = attraction regime; the diagnosis tested is unchanged). B-E cold rows (84-94 K) keep unnamed gases - N2 (bp 77 K) and lighter gases are gases there.
FRQ-22 RUBRIC PART (c) LOOSENED at authoritative QC (confirm): sol ruled that an impossible computed share (unknown LARGER than the stated total) proves SOME error, not the specific added-instead-of-subtracted slip - the overclaim was in the model answer and rubric on every form. Model answers now conclude 'the work must contain an error - for example, a known share added instead of subtracted'; the rubric requires only the inequality-based diagnosis (shares only ADD, so every share < total) and marks naming a specific slip optional. Points unchanged; rubric still sums to 100.
NUMERIC ANSWER CONTRACTS (disclosure): atm answers graded to 2 decimal places (tolerance 0.005), kPa to 1 decimal place (tolerance 0.05); sigFigs derived from the display; no bare powers of ten; all sums/subtractions exact (self-check expressions eval-verified at build, stripped from this export as authoring machinery). Wording deviation for the style pass: the decimal-place instruction appears as 'to 1 decimal place' / '(1 decimal place)' in the kPa lanes because 'to one decimal place' spelled out is corpus text.
NOTA/AOTA: zero literal hits in your 21-seed pool; zero replace_distractor flags. V-T5 PASS.
SPARE-SEED NOTE: p19 (GAS-051, principle-only cold-vs-warm why) is unplaced on merit of parity - its principle-only stem has no scenario and the scenario rows own the slot family; flagged in seed_placement.json as worth a future home rather than dropped on quality grounds.
BINDING INSTANCE RULE (course-wide): zero fissile/weapons/dose framings; classroom-safe instance set throughout (dive/paintball/welding cylinders, weather, kitchens, cryo-lab readings, anesthesia-adjacent blends renamed to neutral lab blends). Your pool scanned at stage 1 (exactly 1 hit: p14 'reactor', freshened as above); re-swept at packaging over forms_final + this export body - zero hits (the only regex matches are these disclosure sentences themselves).
CRASH-RESUME PROVENANCE (disclosure, no action needed): the authoring fleet was killed mid-run by laptop restarts THREE times on this gate - after stage 1 (blueprint/placement done), after stage 3 (forms validated), and at stage 7 (finalize artifacts written moments before the restart). Every resume worked from DISK STATE with recorded audits (fix_log.md): all gate JSON artifacts json.loads-verified each pass (21/21 this pass, nothing truncated), forms_final.json verified byte-identical to the validated form_A..E.json AND forms_v1.json, and the adjudication-aware validator re-run FRESH at packaging (exit 0, output content-identical to the stage-7 run, diff-verified). QC ledger: blind rounds r1-r6 = 170/170 key picks (140 round-1 + 24 re-blind + 6 re-blind-2), 40 keyless slots x 2 reviewers = 80/80 graded match (5 draft partials hand-overturned with justification in frq_verdicts.json), 0 open hard fails; sol authoritative loops 1-2 = 5 -> 0 FAILs, final 110/110 pass, 3 recorded-dismissed style minors (foil-plausibility-spread notes; keys unaffected); loop-2 raw coverage verified item-by-item (no silent skips). This export was built from the crash-audited forms_final.json.
FRQ delivery: your `prod` draw-on-paper class is delivered as a typed diagram-PLAN task (state kinds/recipes/counts/spacing; rubric grades the same observables). Confirm this mapping (pending from the U01-G1 round-trip).
full notes file
# u09-t5 — notes/queries from David's side (U9-G5)
1. CALC-HEAVY FRQ SPLIT - frq_per_form = 2, OVERRIDING your gate data's frq_per_form=1 baseline (confirm the composition; recorded adjudication A-U9G5-1): QB-v2 sec.4 directs 2-3 FRQs for calculation-heavy topics, and this scope's capstone GAS-049 IS a calculation routine (the full Dalton rearrangement chain), so the 1-FRQ baseline would leave the gate's calculation production unassessed. Split: seq 21 = GAS-051 conceptual production (MECH-GAS-CONDENSE transfer) + seq 22 = GAS-049 calculation production (full R15 chain: law -> expansion in the problem's own gases -> make-the-subject -> substitute -> calculate, in atm then kPa, plus an added-share sanity part). Why not 3: one formula family - GAS-048's sum is a strict sub-step of GAS-049's routine, so a third FRQ double-samples Dalton's law or falls outside the calc rationale. Total 20 objective + 2 FRQ = 22 items/form, 110 over 5 forms; your target_size=20 honored for the objective window; D5 evaluated and NOT triggered (min(20, 6 x 7) = 20).
2. ALLOCATION OVER-CAP (confirm; recorded adjudication A-U9G5-2): 22 items over 7 lessons arithmetically forces one lesson past the 2-3-per-lesson guidance. GAS-049 (capstone, the quant core, and your whole demo_curated set) carries 3 objective numeric rows (the seq 12-13-14 ladder: 2-substance -> 2-substance-named-kPa -> 3-substance) + the seq-22 calculation FRQ = 4 items. Every other lesson <= 3.
3. TAUGHT-CONSTANT ADJUDICATION (confirm; the gate's one structural whitelist, family F-760-supplied-equivalence): seq 17 is your spec-designated mixed-unit gate transfer whose extraNotes MANDATE the '(1 atm = 760 mmHg.)' equivalence supplied in-stem on every form, and 760 also sits in GAS-048/GAS-049 spec fluency text as the taught constant itself - so cross-slot numeric exclusivity is structurally unsatisfiable for that one token. Enforced via a recorded adjudicated_instance_family (token 760, slots A#17..E#17 only) checked by a gate-local wrapper over the UNTOUCHED shared validator; the equivalence PHRASING is varied per form so no 760-bearing 4-gram repeats cross-form; every OTHER number in the seq-17 stems (atm values, mmHg values) stays fully armed and bank-unique. 101.3 is NOT whitelisted - it exits the forms entirely (see seed freshenings).
4. SEED FRESHENINGS UNDER THE STRICT SEED RULING (no freshness exemption; validator never weakened) - 16 of your 20 placed seeds carried must_freshen_instance (the scope shares one small gas vocabulary and the corpora are value-dense). Headline dispositions to confirm (A-U9G5-4): (a) p09/p11 both keyed 1.00 atm = bare power of ten under our armed numeric-realism validator -> re-valued exact sums; (b) p10's answer 101.3 kPa equaled the taught 1-atm constant AND GAS-048 WE2's total (constant-echo defect class) -> re-valued; (c) p12's answer 0.60 == GAS-048 FLU#0's answer -> one known adjusted; (d) p13's 120.0 == GAS-049 WE2's value -> value grid moved; (e) p14 (demo) answer 0.70 == GAS-049 WE1's result -> one known adjusted, AND its 'sealed industrial reactor' wording trips the course-wide banned-instance lexicon (no reactor framings; a CHEMICAL reactor, not nuclear - conservative word-level conformance) -> 'sealed synthesis vessel', values/diagnostics otherwise kept. David may overrule the reactor reading.
5. MATERIAL-NAME BUDGET (recorded adjudications A-U9G5-5/7, stricter-scan lane): fresh gas identities beyond the taught set are enumerated in gate_config extra_materials with one home seq each - xenon (seq 4), krypton (seq 18), ethane (seq 13), nitrous oxide (seq 1); ethene reserved-unused. Where a planned NAME sits in the row's OWN lesson's spec corpus, the item renders the gas as its FORMULA/SYMBOL instead (your own register elsewhere): O2 at seq 3, Ar at seq 5, Ne at seqs 1/6, H2/N2 at seq 12 (ammonia word kept), CH4/C2H6/C3H8 at seq 13 B-E, CO2 formulas at seq 20 B-E; GAS-051 items use vapor/moisture wording in scanned fields (FRQ model answers, unscanned, name water vapor honestly). Confirm the formulas-vs-names register.
6. SEQ-20 REALISM CLASS (confirm; the biggest content judgment call, made at blind review): every form's original room-temperature compressed-CO2 container is physically unrealistic - CO2 liquefies near 57 atm at room temperature, so such containers hold liquid+vapor, and for gaseous CO2 an attraction account is genuinely defensible. Fix across all five forms: the gas is UNNAMED ('a gas'/'compound gas' - your GAS-050 rule is substance-generic), stems state very high pressure AND the measured direction (PV lands ABOVE the nRT prediction - attraction/cold accounts pull PV BELOW, so the datum deterministically excludes them; realistic: N2/H2/He have Z>1 at very high P, room T). Contexts diversified (dive cylinder / paintball / bike-tire cartridge / stage-effect / welding supply). Your course's own GAS-050 checks use CO2, so you or David may prefer restoring CO2 under a different framing - say so and we re-litigate.
7. SEQ-18 AMENDMENTS (confirm): the four sample labels (A)-(D) collided with the option letters A-D -> relabeled (P)/(Q)/(R)/(S) in every field, keys/distractors remapped positionally. Plus one realism catch: form A's cold-row krypton at 88 K is a SOLID (mp 116 K) -> cold row moved to 132 K (gas, 12 K above boiling = attraction regime; the diagnosis tested is unchanged). B-E cold rows (84-94 K) keep unnamed gases - N2 (bp 77 K) and lighter gases are gases there.
8. FRQ-22 RUBRIC PART (c) LOOSENED at authoritative QC (confirm): sol ruled that an impossible computed share (unknown LARGER than the stated total) proves SOME error, not the specific added-instead-of-subtracted slip - the overclaim was in the model answer and rubric on every form. Model answers now conclude 'the work must contain an error - for example, a known share added instead of subtracted'; the rubric requires only the inequality-based diagnosis (shares only ADD, so every share < total) and marks naming a specific slip optional. Points unchanged; rubric still sums to 100.
9. NUMERIC ANSWER CONTRACTS (disclosure): atm answers graded to 2 decimal places (tolerance 0.005), kPa to 1 decimal place (tolerance 0.05); sigFigs derived from the display; no bare powers of ten; all sums/subtractions exact (self-check expressions eval-verified at build, stripped from this export as authoring machinery). Wording deviation for the style pass: the decimal-place instruction appears as 'to 1 decimal place' / '(1 decimal place)' in the kPa lanes because 'to one decimal place' spelled out is corpus text.
10. NOTA/AOTA: zero literal hits in your 21-seed pool; zero replace_distractor flags. V-T5 PASS.
11. SPARE-SEED NOTE: p19 (GAS-051, principle-only cold-vs-warm why) is unplaced on merit of parity - its principle-only stem has no scenario and the scenario rows own the slot family; flagged in seed_placement.json as worth a future home rather than dropped on quality grounds.
12. BINDING INSTANCE RULE (course-wide): zero fissile/weapons/dose framings; classroom-safe instance set throughout (dive/paintball/welding cylinders, weather, kitchens, cryo-lab readings, anesthesia-adjacent blends renamed to neutral lab blends). Your pool scanned at stage 1 (exactly 1 hit: p14 'reactor', freshened as above); re-swept at packaging over forms_final + this export body - zero hits (the only regex matches are these disclosure sentences themselves).
13. CRASH-RESUME PROVENANCE (disclosure, no action needed): the authoring fleet was killed mid-run by laptop restarts THREE times on this gate - after stage 1 (blueprint/placement done), after stage 3 (forms validated), and at stage 7 (finalize artifacts written moments before the restart). Every resume worked from DISK STATE with recorded audits (fix_log.md): all gate JSON artifacts json.loads-verified each pass (21/21 this pass, nothing truncated), forms_final.json verified byte-identical to the validated form_A..E.json AND forms_v1.json, and the adjudication-aware validator re-run FRESH at packaging (exit 0, output content-identical to the stage-7 run, diff-verified). QC ledger: blind rounds r1-r6 = 170/170 key picks (140 round-1 + 24 re-blind + 6 re-blind-2), 40 keyless slots x 2 reviewers = 80/80 graded match (5 draft partials hand-overturned with justification in frq_verdicts.json), 0 open hard fails; sol authoritative loops 1-2 = 5 -> 0 FAILs, final 110/110 pass, 3 recorded-dismissed style minors (foil-plausibility-spread notes; keys unaffected); loop-2 raw coverage verified item-by-item (no silent skips). This export was built from the crash-audited forms_final.json.
Form A
GAS-045 · easy · recall · seq 1 · seed:pool[0] structure — soda-headspace instance (GAS-045 WE2) re-scenarioed per must_freshen_instance; CO2 homed at seq 20; values re-picked · mcq4
A calibration-gas cylinder holds nitrous oxide and one other gas. The sealed cylinder reads 3.00 atm in total, and the nitrous oxide alone contributes 2.40 atm. Which statement is correct?
The partial pressure of the nitrous oxide is 2.40 atm. KEY
The partial pressure of the nitrous oxide is 3.00 atm.
The partial pressure of the other gas is 2.40 atm.
The nitrous oxide has no partial pressure until the other gas is pumped out.
GAS-047 · easy · recall · seq 2 · seed:pool[6] — N2/O2/CO2 trio unnamed (homes at seqs 12/3/20) + corpus values re-picked per must_freshen_instance; law-name option set kept · mcq4
A gas cylinder's label lists three contents contributing 1.22 atm, 0.86 atm, and 1.92 atm — printed total: 4.00 atm. Which rule is the printed total relying on?
Dalton's law of partial pressures — the total pressure is the sum of the partial pressures. KEY
Boyle's law — the pressure of a fixed amount of gas rises as its volume shrinks.
Avogadro's law — equal gas volumes at one temperature and pressure hold equal numbers of particles.
Gay-Lussac's law — the pressure of a fixed amount of gas rises with its kelvin temperature.
GAS-045 · easy · recall · seq 3 · seed:pool[1] — OXYGEN rendered as O₂ (own-lesson corpus material) + 0.50 re-valued per must_freshen_instance; describe-probe structure kept · mcq4
In a hospital gas blend, the O₂ alone contributes 0.66 atm to the total pressure. What does the 0.66 atm describe?
O₂'s partial pressure — its own contribution to the total pressure. KEY
The total pressure of the whole blend as it leaves the cylinder.
Half of O₂'s true pressure, because blends split every gas's pressure in half.
The pressure the blend will have once all of the O₂ has been used up.
GAS-046 · medium · application · seq 4 · seed:pool[3] — GAS-046 WE pair (argon/nitrogen) re-gassed per must_freshen_instance (both homed elsewhere); key structure and misconception trio kept · mcq4
A rigid tank contains xenon at a steady temperature. A second gas is pumped in. Which statement is correct, and why?
The total pressure rises and xenon's partial pressure is unchanged — the added gas supplies its own new wall collisions while the xenon particles keep colliding as before. KEY
The total pressure rises and xenon's partial pressure rises with it, because the incoming gas squeezes the xenon particles harder against the walls.
The total pressure stays the same, because a rigid tank can hold only so much pressure.
The total pressure rises only if the incoming particles are heavier than the xenon particles.
GAS-045 · medium · application · seq 5 · seed:pool[2] — CO2 partner unnamed (home seq 20) + ARGON rendered as Ar (own-lesson corpus material) per must_freshen_instance; value-free key kept · mcq4
A welding cart carries a shielding blend of Ar and a second gas. The blend's total pressure is 4.00 atm, and the Ar alone contributes 3.00 atm. Which statement about the second gas is correct?
Its partial pressure is the pressure it alone contributes to the blend's total. KEY
Its partial pressure is 4.00 atm — every gas in a blend takes the blend's total pressure.
Its partial pressure is 3.00 atm, the same as the Ar's.
It has no partial pressure of its own, because the Ar supplies most of the push.
GAS-046 · medium · application · seq 6 · seed:pool[4] — helium pair re-gassed per must_freshen_instance (helium home seq 15; neon own-lesson corpus word -> Ne symbol); misconception trio kept · mcq4
Two rigid flasks of equal size sit at the same temperature. Flask 1 holds 1 mol of Ne. Flask 2 holds 1 mol of Ne plus 1 mol of a second gas. How does Ne's partial pressure compare between the flasks?
It is equal in the two flasks — the same Ne particles hit the walls at the same rate in each. KEY
It is lower in flask 2, because the second gas's particles block some of the Ne's collisions with the walls.
It is higher in flask 2, because the total pressure there is higher.
It is lower in flask 2, because Ne makes up only half of the particles there.
GAS-047 · medium · application · seq 7 · seed:pool[7] CLEAN — Unicode P-subscripts sourced from the spec gate item (pool copy flattened them); key and foil set kept · mcq4
A student writes Dalton's law for a five-gas mixture as P(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃. What is wrong with the equation?
It is missing terms — the law carries one partial-pressure term for each gas, so five gases need five terms. KEY
Nothing — three terms is the standard form of the law for any mixture.
The terms should be multiplied together instead of added for mixtures of more than three gases.
Dalton's law cannot be written for five gases, because it covers only two-gas mixtures.
GAS-046 · medium · application · seq 8 · seed:pool[5] CLEAN — stem verb freshened off the corpus phrasing; key and counterfactual trio kept · mcq4
Why does pumping extra gas into a rigid container at a steady temperature raise the total pressure without changing the partial pressures of the gases already inside?
The added gas supplies new wall collisions of its own, while the original gases' collisions continue unchanged. KEY
The container stretches slightly to make room, which keeps the old gases' pressures steady.
The added particles take over part of the wall area and push on it exactly as the old particles did.
The original gases speed up just enough to defend their share of the pressure.
GAS-047 · medium · application · seq 9 · seed:pool[8] — 'the oxygen alone' distractor token unnamed per must_freshen_instance (oxygen home seq 3); assumption set kept · mcq4
A technician checking a deep-sea breathing mix works from Dalton's law. What does the law let the technician assume about the mix's total pressure?
That it equals the sum of the partial pressures of every gas in the mix. KEY
That it equals one gas's share alone.
That it stays the same however much extra gas is added to the mix.
That it splits equally among the gases in the mix.
GAS-048 · medium · application · seq 10 · seed:pool[9] — re-scenarioed + re-valued per must_freshen_instance (1.00 answer = bare power of ten, V-T6; 'reaction vessel...four gases' family owned by seq 14); dropped-term + averaging diagnostics kept; spec stem style, single numeric instruction · numeric
A storage cylinder contains four gases, with partial pressures of 0.46 atm, 0.28 atm, 0.24 atm, and 0.18 atm. What is the total pressure in the cylinder? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 1.16 atm KEY
also accepted: 1.16 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 0.98,
"misconception": "you left the smallest gas out of the sum — one term per gas, all of them",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.29,
"misconception": "you averaged the partial pressures instead of adding them",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 0.46 atm\nP(gas 2) = 0.28 atm\nP(gas 3) = 0.24 atm\nP(gas 4) = 0.18 atm\nCheck the units: every partial pressure is in atm.\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 0.46 + 0.28 + 0.24 + 0.18\nP(total) = 1.16 atm"
}
A fermentation vent line carries two process gases: gas 1 at 41.2 kPa and gas 2 at 53.9 kPa. What is the total pressure in the line? Give your answer in kPa to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 95.1 kPa KEY
also accepted: 95.1 kPa
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 12.7,
"misconception": "you subtracted the partial pressures — every gas adds its share to the total",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 47.55,
"misconception": "you averaged the partial pressures instead of adding them",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 41.2 kPa\nP(gas 2) = 53.9 kPa\nCheck the units: every partial pressure is in kPa.\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 41.2 + 53.9\nP(total) = 95.1 kPa"
}
GAS-049 · medium · application · seq 12 · seed:pool[14] = demo_curated[2] — seed's banned industrial-vessel word swapped to synthesis vessel (course-wide instance rule, FLAG FOR DAVID) + WE1-echo answer re-valued per must_freshen_instance; Haber trio kept as formulas (own-lesson corpus words); diagnostics kept · numeric
Inside a sealed synthesis vessel, H₂, N₂, and NH₃ together exert a total pressure of 3.55 atm. H₂ contributes 1.85 atm and N₂ contributes 1.05 atm. What is NH₃'s partial pressure? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.65 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.65 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1.7,
"misconception": "you subtracted only the H₂ — the N₂'s share comes off too",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 6.45,
"misconception": "you added everything together — the unknown share is the total MINUS the known shares",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 3.55 atm\nP(H₂) = 1.85 atm\nP(N₂) = 1.05 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P(H₂) + P(N₂) + P(NH₃)\nMake P(NH₃) the subject:\nP(NH₃) = P(total) − P(H₂) − P(N₂)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(NH₃) = 3.55 − 1.85 − 1.05\nP(NH₃) = 0.65 atm"
}
GAS-049 · medium · application · seq 13 · seed:pool[13] = demo_curated[1] — WE2-echo 120.0 re-valued + CO2/N2 partners (homed 20/12) -> ethane/propane per must_freshen_instance (METHANE home seq kept; not 'biogas'); named-gas R15 expansion is the row's signature · numeric
A natural-gas line sample holds methane, ethane, and propane at a combined 118.4 kPa. The methane contributes 61.7 kPa and the ethane 42.6 kPa. What is the propane's partial pressure? Answer in kPa (1 decimal place).
Answer: 14.1 kPa KEY
also accepted: 14.1 kPa
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 56.7,
"misconception": "you subtracted only the methane — the ethane's share comes off too",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 104.3,
"misconception": "you found the sum of the known gases — now subtract it from the total to get the unknown",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 118.4 kPa\nP(methane) = 61.7 kPa\nP(ethane) = 42.6 kPa\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P(methane) + P(ethane) + P(propane)\nMake P(propane) the subject:\nP(propane) = P(total) − P(methane) − P(ethane)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(propane) = 118.4 − 61.7 − 42.6\nP(propane) = 14.1 kPa"
}
GAS-049 · medium · application · seq 14 · seed:pool[12] = demo_curated[0] — FLU-echo answer re-valued (one known adjusted) per must_freshen_instance; owns the anonymous 'reaction vessel ... four gases' + P-subscript expansion frame; diagnostics kept · numeric
A reaction vessel holds four gases at a total pressure of 5.00 atm. Three of the partial pressures are 2.15 atm, 1.45 atm, and 0.85 atm. What is the fourth gas's partial pressure? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.55 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.55 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1.4,
"misconception": "you left one known gas in the total — all three known shares come off",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 4.45,
"misconception": "you found the sum of the known gases — now subtract it from the total to get the unknown",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 5.00 atm\nP₁ = 2.15 atm\nP₂ = 1.45 atm\nP₃ = 0.85 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nMake P₄ the subject:\nP₄ = P(total) − P₁ − P₂ − P₃\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₄ = 5.00 − 2.15 − 1.45 − 0.85\nP₄ = 0.55 atm"
}
GAS-050 · medium · application · seq 15 · seed:pool[15] — 250-atm value re-picked per must_freshen_instance (cross-unit token of GAS-049 WE2); HELIUM home seq (scope-material WARN class); key + misconception trio kept · mcq4
A hospital stores helium at room temperature and about 1 atm; a gas supplier stores helium at room temperature and 262 atm. For which sample does PV = nRT work less accurately, and why?
The 262 atm sample — at very high pressure the particles' own volume is no longer a negligible share of the container. KEY
The low-pressure sample — with fewer particles present, each particle's behavior matters more.
Both samples equally — a given gas always behaves the same way, whatever its conditions.
The 262 atm sample — high pressure makes the particles attract one another more strongly.
GAS-051 · medium · application · seq 16 · seed:pool[18] CLEAN — soup home seq; water/steam wording removed (own-lesson corpus materials); key mechanism verbatim, misconception trio kept; wave-5 sol fix: rim clause excludes the splash account · mcq4
A pot of soup simmers under a lid. Drops of liquid form across the lid's whole underside, even near the rim where nothing splashes up from the surface. Why?
Vapor rising off the soup meets the cooler lid and slows — and when gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together into liquid drops. KEY
The lid presses down on the rising vapor and squeezes it into liquid.
The bubbling soup constantly flings tiny liquid drops up from its surface, and those thrown drops simply stick to the underside of the lid wherever they happen to land.
The vapor reacts chemically with the metal of the lid, producing a new liquid.
GAS-048 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · seed:pool[11] — the spec-designated GATE TRANSFER (consumes GAS-012 with the equivalence SUPPLIED); re-valued per must_freshen_instance (1.00 answer = bare power of ten; 0.50/380 corpus/cross-gate); raw-add + wrong-direction diagnostics kept; 760 = recorded taught-constant adjudication F-760 · numeric
A rigid tank is charged with a two-gas blend: the first gas at a partial pressure of 0.36 atm, the second at 456 mmHg. (1 atm = 760 mmHg.) What is the total pressure in the tank, in atm? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.96 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.96 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 456.36,
"misconception": "you added the raw numbers without converting — 456 mmHg is 0.60 atm",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 4.92,
"misconception": "you shifted the decimal instead of dividing by 760 — converting mmHg to atm divides by 760, so 456 mmHg is 0.60 atm",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 0.36 atm\nP(gas 2) = 456 mmHg\nCheck the units — they differ, so convert first (1 atm = 760 mmHg):\nP(gas 2) = 456 ÷ 760 = 0.60 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 0.36 + 0.60\nP(total) = 0.96 atm"
}
GAS-050 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · seed:pool[16] — argon -> krypton + full condition-set re-pick per must_freshen_instance (200/300/0.5 in corpus); bare-letter options with reasons in feedback; wave-4 blind fix: labels (A)-(D)->(P)-(S), krypton cold row 88 K (solid) -> 132 K (gas) · mcq4
Four samples of krypton are held under different conditions: (P) 295 K and 1 atm, (Q) 295 K and 210 atm, (R) 132 K and 1 atm, (S) 940 K and 0.44 atm. Which sample behaves most ideally?
(S) KEY
(Q)
(R)
(P)
GAS-051 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · seed:pool[20] — the claim's 'water' token removed per must_freshen_instance (own-lesson material, home seq 16); BUTANE home seq; misconception trio kept · mcq4
A student claims condensation is a special property of one substance: 'other gases, like butane, can never turn into liquids.' Evaluate the claim.
Wrong — any gas condenses once its particles slow enough for the attractions between them to pull them together; cooled enough, butane liquefies too. KEY
Right — only the one everyday gas we all know ever condenses, which is why the cold surfaces around us only ever collect that single familiar liquid.
Right — butane particles have no attractions between them, so nothing can ever pull them into a liquid.
Wrong, but only because butane starts out as a liquid — true gases never condense.
GAS-050 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · seed:pool[17] — stem clause reworded; wave-4 blind fix: CO2 scenario replaced by unnamed compressed gas (room-T CO2 containers hold liquid; realism class) + measured-direction datum (PV above prediction) pins the volume account · mcq4
A dive shop's just-filled cylinder, filled to very high pressure and held at room temperature, measurably disobeys PV = nRT — the measured PV product lands above the nRT prediction. A student blames 'the particles slowing down inside the cold cylinder.' What is the better account?
The cylinder sits at room temperature — the deviation comes from very high pressure making the particles' own volume a real share of the container. KEY
The student is right — a cylinder filled this full must be chilly inside, so slowed particles caught by their attractions explain the deviation.
The gas must be a compound — a compound gas cannot behave ideally.
The gas deviates because its particles have stopped moving inside the sealed cylinder.
GAS-051 · medium · application · seq 21 · authored (FRQ1 A: eyeglasses-into-kitchen scenario; pool disjoint from article/WE/fluency set and from seqs 16/19) · frq
Walking in from a chilly porch, a cook steps into a warm, humid kitchen, and tiny droplets instantly cloud the cook's cold eyeglasses.
Walking in from a chilly porch, a cook steps into a warm, humid kitchen, and tiny droplets instantly cloud the cook's cold eyeglasses.
(a) State where the liquid on the lenses came from.
(b) Explain, in particle terms, why droplets formed on the cold lenses: say what the cold surface does to the gas particles that touch it, and what the attractions between the particles then do.
(c) A second pair of glasses that has been sitting in the warm kitchen all morning stays clear. Explain, in particle terms, why no droplets form on it.
Part a. State where the liquid on the lenses came from.
Model: The liquid came from the invisible water vapor already present in the kitchen's humid surroundings. Nothing leaked or splashed onto the lenses, and no new substance formed — the droplets are that vapor, condensed.
Part b. Explain, in particle terms, why droplets formed on the cold lenses: say what the cold surface does to the gas particles that touch it, and what the attractions between the particles then do.
Model: The cold surface slows the vapor particles that touch it. When gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together — so the slowed particles gather into tiny liquid droplets on the surface.
Part c. A second pair of glasses that has been sitting in the warm kitchen all morning stays clear. Explain, in particle terms, why no droplets form on it.
Model: The morning-warmed lenses do not slow the vapor particles that touch them: the particles stay fast. The weak attractions are still there — particle speed decides — and fast particles break free before the attractions can hold them, so no droplets form.
Full model answer. (a) The liquid came from the invisible water vapor already present in the kitchen's humid surroundings. Nothing leaked or splashed onto the lenses, and no new substance formed — the droplets are that vapor, condensed.
(b) The cold surface slows the vapor particles that touch it. When gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together — so the slowed particles gather into tiny liquid droplets on the surface.
(c) The morning-warmed lenses do not slow the vapor particles that touch them: the particles stay fast. The weak attractions are still there — particle speed decides — and fast particles break free before the attractions can hold them, so no droplets form.
Dalton's law in reverse: measured totals reveal unmeasured shares.
Dalton's law in reverse: measured totals reveal unmeasured shares.
(a) A sealed laboratory vessel holds three gases: Ne, Kr, and Xe. The total pressure is 3.44 atm; Ne's partial pressure is 1.71 atm and Kr's is 0.76 atm. Find Xe's partial pressure in atm, showing the full chain: the law, its expansion in this problem's own gases, the rearranged equation, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
(b) A process monitor reports a sealed mixture's total pressure as 214.6 kPa. Three of the partial pressures are 88.7 kPa, 61.2 kPa, and 40.9 kPa; one gas is unmeasured. Find the unmeasured partial pressure in kPa, showing the same full chain (use P(gas 1), P(gas 2), ... for the expansion).
(c) Checking a classmate's work on a different mixture, you notice their computed unknown partial pressure comes out LARGER than that mixture's stated total pressure. Without redoing their arithmetic, explain how you can tell an error was made.
Part a. A sealed laboratory vessel holds three gases: Ne, Kr, and Xe. The total pressure is 3.44 atm; Ne's partial pressure is 1.71 atm and Kr's is 0.76 atm. Find Xe's partial pressure in atm, showing the full chain: the law, its expansion in this problem's own gases, the rearranged equation, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Part b. A process monitor reports a sealed mixture's total pressure as 214.6 kPa. Three of the partial pressures are 88.7 kPa, 61.2 kPa, and 40.9 kPa; one gas is unmeasured. Find the unmeasured partial pressure in kPa, showing the same full chain (use P(gas 1), P(gas 2), ... for the expansion).
Part c. Checking a classmate's work on a different mixture, you notice their computed unknown partial pressure comes out LARGER than that mixture's stated total pressure. Without redoing their arithmetic, explain how you can tell an error was made.
Model: Dalton's law only ever ADDS shares into the total, so each gas's partial pressure must be smaller than the total pressure. A computed unknown larger than the stated total is therefore impossible, and the work must contain an error — for example, a known share added instead of subtracted.
Full model answer. (a) Values: P(total) = 3.44 atm, P(Ne) = 1.71 atm, P(Kr) = 0.76 atm, P(Xe) = ?
Law: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + P(gas 3)
Expansion in this problem's gases: P(total) = P(Ne) + P(Kr) + P(Xe)
Make P(Xe) the subject: P(Xe) = P(total) - P(Ne) - P(Kr)
Substitution: P(Xe) = 3.44 - 1.71 - 0.76
P(Xe) = 0.97 atm
(b) Values: P(total) = 214.6 kPa; knowns 88.7 kPa, 61.2 kPa, 40.9 kPa; P(gas 4) = ?
Law: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + ...
Expansion in this problem's gases: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + P(gas 3) + P(gas 4)
Make P(gas 4) the subject: P(gas 4) = P(total) - P(gas 1) - P(gas 2) - P(gas 3)
Substitution: P(gas 4) = 214.6 - 88.7 - 61.2 - 40.9
P(gas 4) = 23.8 kPa
(c) Dalton's law only ever ADDS shares into the total, so each gas's partial pressure must be smaller than the total pressure. A computed unknown larger than the stated total is therefore impossible, and the work must contain an error — for example, a known share added instead of subtracted.
Form B
GAS-045 · easy · recall · seq 1 · authored (seq-1 rotation: total-vs-share read on an anonymous pair) · mcq4
A sensor-test chamber is sealed with two gases, gas 1 and gas 2. The chamber reads 5.00 atm in total, and gas 1 alone contributes 3.20 atm. Which statement is correct?
The partial pressure of gas 1 is 3.20 atm. KEY
The partial pressure of gas 1 is 5.00 atm.
The partial pressure of gas 2 is 3.20 atm.
Gas 1 has no partial pressure until gas 2 is pumped out.
A blend certificate for a sealed tank lists contributions of 2.46 atm, 1.34 atm, and 2.20 atm — printed total: 6.00 atm. Which rule did the certifier use to get the total?
Dalton's law of partial pressures — the total pressure is the sum of the partial pressures. KEY
Boyle's law — the pressure of a fixed amount of gas rises as its volume shrinks.
Avogadro's law — equal gas volumes at one temperature and pressure hold equal numbers of particles.
Gay-Lussac's law — the pressure of a fixed amount of gas rises with its kelvin temperature.
A technician pumps a second gas into a rigid cylinder that already holds one gas, with the temperature unchanged. How does the TOTAL pressure respond, and why?
It rises — the incoming gas adds wall collisions of its own on top of the resident gas's unchanged collisions. KEY
It stays the same — the two gases now share the cylinder's fixed pressure between them.
It rises only if the incoming gas's particles are heavier than the resident gas's.
It falls — the crowding slows every particle down, softening the collisions.
A fabrication shop's feed line delivers a shielding blend of Ar and a second gas. The blend's total pressure is 6.00 atm, and the Ar alone contributes 4.50 atm. Which statement about the OTHER gas in the blend is correct?
Its partial pressure is the pressure it alone contributes to the blend's total. KEY
Its partial pressure is 6.00 atm — every gas in a blend takes the blend's total pressure.
Its partial pressure is 4.50 atm, the same as the Ar's.
It has no partial pressure of its own, because the Ar supplies most of the push.
Two identical rigid bulbs sit side by side at one temperature. Bulb 1 holds 2 mol of Ne; bulb 2 holds 2 mol of Ne plus 1 mol of another gas. Compare Ne's partial pressure in the two bulbs.
It is the same in both bulbs — Ne's own wall collisions are identical in each. KEY
It is smaller in bulb 2, because the other gas's particles crowd the Ne away from the walls.
It is larger in bulb 2, because bulb 2's total pressure is larger.
It is smaller in bulb 2, because the pressure must now be split between two gases.
For a six-gas mixture a student writes P(total) = P₁ × P₂ × P₃ × P₄ × P₅ × P₆. What is the error?
The operation — the partial pressures are added, one term per gas, never multiplied. KEY
The subscripts — a correct equation numbers the gases starting from zero.
Nothing, as long as every gas appears exactly once.
The term count — six gases only ever need three terms.
GAS-046 · medium · application · seq 8 · authored (seq-8 rotation: why-shares-add probe with the mechanism verbatim in the key) · mcq4
In a rigid container holding two gases at a steady temperature, why is the total pressure simply the two gases' contributions added together?
Because pressure comes from gas particles colliding with the container walls — more collisions, or harder collisions, mean more pressure — and each gas supplies its own share of collisions, so the shares add. KEY
Because the two gases average their pushes against the walls, and the averaged push of two gases working together always comes out stronger than the push that either gas could manage alone.
Because the stronger gas carries the weaker gas's particles along with its own.
Because the container deals each gas an equal fraction of its fixed pressure.
A sealed sampling bulb holds three gases, with partial pressures of 0.52 atm, 0.37 atm, and 0.19 atm. What is the total pressure in the bulb? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 1.08 atm KEY
also accepted: 1.08 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 0.89,
"misconception": "you left the smallest gas out of the sum — one term per gas, all of them",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.36,
"misconception": "you averaged the partial pressures instead of adding them",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 0.52 atm\nP(gas 2) = 0.37 atm\nP(gas 3) = 0.19 atm\nCheck the units: every partial pressure is in atm.\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 0.52 + 0.37 + 0.19\nP(total) = 1.08 atm"
}
A flue-gas duct sample shows three gases: gas 1 at 37.8 kPa, gas 2 at 25.6 kPa, and gas 3 at 18.8 kPa. What is the total pressure in the line? Give your answer in kPa to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 82.2 kPa KEY
also accepted: 82.2 kPa
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 63.4,
"misconception": "you left the last gas out of the sum — one term per gas, all of them",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 27.4,
"misconception": "you averaged the partial pressures instead of adding them",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 37.8 kPa\nP(gas 2) = 25.6 kPa\nP(gas 3) = 18.8 kPa\nCheck the units: every partial pressure is in kPa.\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 37.8 + 25.6 + 18.8\nP(total) = 82.2 kPa"
}
In a pilot ammonia-synthesis loop, the gases H₂, N₂, and NH₃ have a combined pressure of 4.35 atm; H₂'s share is 2.30 atm and N₂'s is 1.20 atm. What is NH₃'s partial pressure? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.85 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.85 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 2.05,
"misconception": "you subtracted only the H₂ — the N₂'s share comes off too",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 7.85,
"misconception": "you added everything together — the unknown share is the total MINUS the known shares",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 4.35 atm\nP(H₂) = 2.30 atm\nP(N₂) = 1.20 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P(H₂) + P(N₂) + P(NH₃)\nMake P(NH₃) the subject:\nP(NH₃) = P(total) − P(H₂) − P(N₂)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(NH₃) = 4.35 − 2.30 − 1.20\nP(NH₃) = 0.85 atm"
}
GAS-049 · medium · application · seq 13 · authored (seq-13 rotation: formulas — one-home-per-seq name discipline) · numeric
A pipeline monitoring station reports CH₄, C₂H₆, and C₃H₈ at a combined 96.8 kPa; CH₄'s share is 49.3 kPa and C₂H₆'s is 28.7 kPa. What is C₃H₈'s partial pressure? Answer in kPa (1 decimal place).
Answer: 18.8 kPa KEY
also accepted: 18.8 kPa
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 47.5,
"misconception": "you subtracted only the CH₄ — the C₂H₆'s share comes off too",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 78.0,
"misconception": "you found the sum of the known gases — now subtract it from the total to get the unknown",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 96.8 kPa\nP(CH₄) = 49.3 kPa\nP(C₂H₆) = 28.7 kPa\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P(CH₄) + P(C₂H₆) + P(C₃H₈)\nMake P(C₃H₈) the subject:\nP(C₃H₈) = P(total) − P(CH₄) − P(C₂H₆)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(C₃H₈) = 96.8 − 49.3 − 28.7\nP(C₃H₈) = 18.8 kPa"
}
GAS-049 · medium · application · seq 14 · authored (seq-14 rotation: value set, structure fixed) · numeric
A sealed test chamber holds four gases at a total pressure of 6.00 atm. Three of the partial pressures are 2.75 atm, 1.65 atm, and 0.95 atm. What is the fourth gas's partial pressure? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.65 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.65 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1.6,
"misconception": "you left one known gas in the total — all three known shares come off",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 5.35,
"misconception": "you found the sum of the known gases — now subtract it from the total to get the unknown",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 6.00 atm\nP₁ = 2.75 atm\nP₂ = 1.65 atm\nP₃ = 0.95 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nMake P₄ the subject:\nP₄ = P(total) − P₁ − P₂ − P₃\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₄ = 6.00 − 2.75 − 1.65 − 0.95\nP₄ = 0.65 atm"
}
Two storage vessels hold the same gas at room temperature: vessel 1 near 1 atm, vessel 2 at 274 atm. For which vessel is PV = nRT the poorer description, and why?
The 274 atm sample — at very high pressure the particles' own volume is no longer a negligible share of the container. KEY
The low-pressure sample — with fewer particles present, each particle's behavior matters more.
Both samples equally — a given gas always behaves the same way, whatever its conditions.
The 274 atm sample — high pressure makes the particles attract one another more strongly.
A pitcher of chilled juice stands on a porch on a humid afternoon. Beads of liquid soon cover the pitcher's outside. Why?
Vapor in the humid surroundings touches the cold pitcher and slows — when gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together into droplets. KEY
The cold juice inside seeps slowly out through microscopic openings in the pitcher's walls, and that seeped liquid collects into the beads seen on the outside surface.
Cold surfaces attract vapor particles more strongly than warm surfaces do.
The beads are a new substance made where the vapor meets the pitcher's glaze.
GAS-048 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · authored (seq-17 rotation: rig values; equivalence phrasing varied for cross-form gram hygiene) · numeric
A calibration rig mixes two gases: the first gas at a partial pressure of 0.26 atm, the second at 494 mmHg. (760 mmHg = 1 atm.) What is the total pressure in the rig, in atm? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.91 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.91 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 494.26,
"misconception": "you added the raw numbers without converting — 494 mmHg is 0.65 atm",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 5.2,
"misconception": "you shifted the decimal instead of dividing by 760 — converting mmHg to atm divides by 760, so 494 mmHg is 0.65 atm",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 0.26 atm\nP(gas 2) = 494 mmHg\nCheck the units — they differ, so convert first (1 atm = 760 mmHg):\nP(gas 2) = 494 ÷ 760 = 0.65 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 0.26 + 0.65\nP(total) = 0.91 atm"
}
GAS-050 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (seq-18 rotation: hot/low corner moved to (A)); wave-4 blind fix: labels (A)-(D)->(P)-(S) · mcq4
One gas is prepared four ways: (P) 890 K and 0.39 atm, (Q) 305 K and 1 atm, (R) 305 K and 185 atm, (S) 92 K and 1 atm. Which preparation behaves most ideally?
(P) KEY
(R)
(S)
(Q)
GAS-051 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (seq-19 rotation: lighter-fuel claim, butane unnamed) · mcq4
A student says: 'The fuel in a disposable lighter is a special case — ordinary gases can never become liquids, however cold you make them.' What is the right response?
Every gas can be made liquid once its particles are slowed enough for the attractions between them to pull them together — the lighter's fuel is simply a gas that has been condensed. KEY
Correct — lighter fuel is the single exception among the gases.
Correct about ordinary gases — only fuels condense, because burning gives their particles attractions.
The student is wrong, but only about gases that already start out cold — a gas that begins at room temperature can never be cooled far enough for its particles to be caught.
GAS-050 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (seq-20 rotation: compound-vs-element misdiagnosis); wave-4 blind fix: CO2 unnamed ('compound gas' keeps the premise), overbroad 'composition is irrelevant' reworded, direction datum added · mcq4
The compound gas in a paintball canister, at room temperature and very high pressure, strays from PV = nRT — PV comes out higher than the equation predicts. A student explains: 'It is a compound, and compounds cannot be ideal.' What is the better account?
Being a compound does not disqualify it — at room temperature and the canister's very high pressure, the particles' own volume stops being a negligible share of the container. KEY
The student is right — only element gases can follow PV = nRT.
The canister must be cold inside, so the slowed particles are caught by their attractions.
The canister's pressure has strengthened the attractions between the particles until those newly strengthened pulls are what bend the equation's predictions.
On a cool, damp evening, beads of moisture gather on the outside of a parked car's windshield, though no rain has fallen.
On a cool, damp evening, beads of moisture gather on the outside of a parked car's windshield, though no rain has fallen.
(a) State where the beads came from.
(b) Explain, in particle terms, why the beads formed on the cool glass: what does the cool surface do to the gas particles that touch it, and what do the attractions between the particles then do?
(c) A neighboring car has just been driven, and its engine-warmed windshield stays dry. Explain why, in particle terms.
Part a. State where the beads came from.
Model: The beads came from the invisible water vapor already present in the damp evening surroundings — no rain fell, nothing splashed, and no new substance formed; the beads are that vapor, condensed.
Part b. Explain, in particle terms, why the beads formed on the cool glass: what does the cool surface do to the gas particles that touch it, and what do the attractions between the particles then do?
Model: The cold surface slows the vapor particles that touch it. When gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together — so the slowed particles gather into tiny liquid droplets on the surface.
Part c. A neighboring car has just been driven, and its engine-warmed windshield stays dry. Explain why, in particle terms.
Model: The engine-warmed windshield does not slow the vapor particles that touch it: they stay fast. The weak attractions are still there — particle speed decides — and fast particles break free before the attractions can hold them, so no droplets form.
Full model answer. (a) The beads came from the invisible water vapor already present in the damp evening surroundings — no rain fell, nothing splashed, and no new substance formed; the beads are that vapor, condensed.
(b) The cold surface slows the vapor particles that touch it. When gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together — so the slowed particles gather into tiny liquid droplets on the surface.
(c) The engine-warmed windshield does not slow the vapor particles that touch it: they stay fast. The weak attractions are still there — particle speed decides — and fast particles break free before the attractions can hold them, so no droplets form.
Dalton's law in reverse: measured totals reveal unmeasured shares.
Dalton's law in reverse: measured totals reveal unmeasured shares.
(a) A sealed calibration cell holds three gases: Ar, Xe, and He. The total pressure is 2.84 atm; Ar's partial pressure is 1.36 atm and Xe's is 0.56 atm. Find He's partial pressure in atm, showing the full chain: the law, its expansion in this problem's own gases, the rearranged equation, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
(b) A control-room readout reports a sealed mixture's total pressure as 187.4 kPa. Three of the partial pressures are 79.3 kPa, 52.6 kPa, and 33.8 kPa; one gas is unmeasured. Find the unmeasured partial pressure in kPa, showing the same full chain (use P(gas 1), P(gas 2), ... for the expansion).
(c) A lab partner's computed unknown partial pressure for another mixture comes out BIGGER than that mixture's stated total. Without checking a single digit of their work, explain how you know something went wrong.
Part a. A sealed calibration cell holds three gases: Ar, Xe, and He. The total pressure is 2.84 atm; Ar's partial pressure is 1.36 atm and Xe's is 0.56 atm. Find He's partial pressure in atm, showing the full chain: the law, its expansion in this problem's own gases, the rearranged equation, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Part b. A control-room readout reports a sealed mixture's total pressure as 187.4 kPa. Three of the partial pressures are 79.3 kPa, 52.6 kPa, and 33.8 kPa; one gas is unmeasured. Find the unmeasured partial pressure in kPa, showing the same full chain (use P(gas 1), P(gas 2), ... for the expansion).
Part c. A lab partner's computed unknown partial pressure for another mixture comes out BIGGER than that mixture's stated total. Without checking a single digit of their work, explain how you know something went wrong.
Model: Dalton's law only ever ADDS shares into the total, so each gas's partial pressure must be smaller than the total pressure. A computed unknown larger than the stated total is therefore impossible, and the work must contain an error — for example, a known share added instead of subtracted.
Full model answer. (a) Values: P(total) = 2.84 atm, P(Ar) = 1.36 atm, P(Xe) = 0.56 atm, P(He) = ?
Law: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + P(gas 3)
Expansion in this problem's gases: P(total) = P(Ar) + P(Xe) + P(He)
Make P(He) the subject: P(He) = P(total) - P(Ar) - P(Xe)
Substitution: P(He) = 2.84 - 1.36 - 0.56
P(He) = 0.92 atm
(b) Values: P(total) = 187.4 kPa; knowns 79.3 kPa, 52.6 kPa, 33.8 kPa; P(gas 4) = ?
Law: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + ...
Expansion in this problem's gases: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + P(gas 3) + P(gas 4)
Make P(gas 4) the subject: P(gas 4) = P(total) - P(gas 1) - P(gas 2) - P(gas 3)
Substitution: P(gas 4) = 187.4 - 79.3 - 52.6 - 33.8
P(gas 4) = 21.7 kPa
(c) Dalton's law only ever ADDS shares into the total, so each gas's partial pressure must be smaller than the total pressure. A computed unknown larger than the stated total is therefore impossible, and the work must contain an error — for example, a known share added instead of subtracted.
Form C
GAS-045 · easy · recall · seq 1 · authored (seq-1 rotation: wrong-gas attach emphasized; Ne symbol — neon is own-lesson corpus material) · mcq4
A lamp-fill blend of Ne plus one companion gas is sealed to read 2.00 atm in total; the Ne alone contributes 1.30 atm. Which statement is correct?
The partial pressure of the Ne is 1.30 atm. KEY
The partial pressure of the Ne is 2.00 atm.
The partial pressure of the companion gas is 1.30 atm.
Neither gas has a partial pressure while both are present.
A dive-shop fill card shows a tank's three gases contributing 3.35 atm, 2.51 atm, and 1.14 atm — printed total: 7.00 atm. Which rule turns the three contributions into that total?
Dalton's law of partial pressures — the total pressure is the sum of the partial pressures. KEY
Boyle's law — the pressure of a fixed amount of gas rises as its volume shrinks.
Avogadro's law — equal gas volumes at one temperature and pressure hold equal numbers of particles.
Gay-Lussac's law — the pressure of a fixed amount of gas rises with its kelvin temperature.
A second gas is pumped into a rigid vessel already holding one resident gas, temperature unchanged. How does the resident gas's partial pressure respond, and why?
It is unchanged — the resident gas's particles keep hitting the walls just as often, as if the newcomer were not there. KEY
It falls, because the newcomer's particles get in the way of some of the resident particles' collisions with the walls.
It rises, because the resident gas now shares in a higher total.
It falls, because the wall area must now be split between two gases.
A repair bay stocks a shielding blend of Ar and a second gas. The blend's total pressure is 5.00 atm, and the Ar alone contributes 3.70 atm. Which statement about the second gas is correct?
Its partial pressure is the pressure it alone contributes to the blend's total. KEY
Its partial pressure is 5.00 atm — every gas in a blend takes the blend's total pressure.
Its partial pressure is 3.70 atm, the same as the Ar's.
It has no partial pressure of its own, because the Ar supplies most of the push.
Two rigid containers of equal volume sit at the same temperature, each holding 1 mol of Ne; container 2 also holds 1 mol of a different gas. Which container has the higher TOTAL pressure, and what does that mean for Ne's own contribution?
Container 2 has the higher total, while Ne's contribution is the same in both — the different gas adds collisions of its own. KEY
The totals are equal, because both containers hold the same amount of Ne.
Container 2 has the higher total because its Ne particles must speed up and push harder to defend their own share of the pressure.
Container 2 has the higher total, and Ne's contribution rises with it.
A mixture holds seven gases. A student insists Dalton's law reads P(total) = P₁ + P₂ and simply stops there. What does the '…' in P(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + … actually mean?
It expands to one added term for every remaining gas — seven gases give seven terms. KEY
It marks terms that are usually too small to matter and may be dropped.
It means 'approximately', warning that the law only estimates the total.
It stands for the pressure contributed by the container itself.
Gas particles in a mixture have no attractions to one another. Why does that fact make each gas's pressure contribution independent of the other gases?
With no attractions, each gas's particles move and collide with the walls as if the other gases were not there, so each gas keeps its own collision share. KEY
It doesn't — even without attractions, the gases must still trade pressure between themselves.
Because having no attractions means the particles never collide with anything at all, so every gas ends up contributing zero pressure.
Because no attractions makes all the particles identical, so they share the pressure equally.
A gas-blender reservoir carries four gases, with partial pressures of 0.51 atm, 0.38 atm, 0.17 atm, and 0.14 atm. What is the total pressure in the reservoir? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 1.2 atm KEY
also accepted: 1.20 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 1.06,
"misconception": "you left the smallest gas out of the sum — one term per gas, all of them",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.3,
"misconception": "you averaged the partial pressures instead of adding them",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 0.51 atm\nP(gas 2) = 0.38 atm\nP(gas 3) = 0.17 atm\nP(gas 4) = 0.14 atm\nCheck the units: every partial pressure is in atm.\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 0.51 + 0.38 + 0.17 + 0.14\nP(total) = 1.20 atm"
}
A packaging-plant blanketing line runs two gases: gas 1 at 62.4 kPa and gas 2 at 29.8 kPa. What is the total pressure in the line? Give your answer in kPa to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 92.2 kPa KEY
also accepted: 92.2 kPa
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 32.6,
"misconception": "you subtracted the partial pressures — every gas adds its share to the total",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 46.1,
"misconception": "you averaged the partial pressures instead of adding them",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 62.4 kPa\nP(gas 2) = 29.8 kPa\nCheck the units: every partial pressure is in kPa.\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 62.4 + 29.8\nP(total) = 92.2 kPa"
}
A sealed production line runs H₂, N₂, and NH₃ at a combined 3.95 atm. H₂ accounts for 1.90 atm and N₂ for 1.10 atm. What is NH₃'s partial pressure? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.95 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.95 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 2.05,
"misconception": "you subtracted only the H₂ — the N₂'s share comes off too",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 6.95,
"misconception": "you added everything together — the unknown share is the total MINUS the known shares",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 3.95 atm\nP(H₂) = 1.90 atm\nP(N₂) = 1.10 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P(H₂) + P(N₂) + P(NH₃)\nMake P(NH₃) the subject:\nP(NH₃) = P(total) − P(H₂) − P(N₂)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(NH₃) = 3.95 − 1.90 − 1.10\nP(NH₃) = 0.95 atm"
}
A distribution-line analyzer reads CH₄, C₂H₆, and C₃H₈ at a combined 132.6 kPa; CH₄ accounts for 71.9 kPa and C₂H₆ for 38.4 kPa. What is C₃H₈'s partial pressure? Answer in kPa (1 decimal place).
Answer: 22.3 kPa KEY
also accepted: 22.3 kPa
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 60.7,
"misconception": "you subtracted only the CH₄ — the C₂H₆'s share comes off too",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 110.3,
"misconception": "you found the sum of the known gases — now subtract it from the total to get the unknown",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 132.6 kPa\nP(CH₄) = 71.9 kPa\nP(C₂H₆) = 38.4 kPa\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P(CH₄) + P(C₂H₆) + P(C₃H₈)\nMake P(C₃H₈) the subject:\nP(C₃H₈) = P(total) − P(CH₄) − P(C₂H₆)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(C₃H₈) = 132.6 − 71.9 − 38.4\nP(C₃H₈) = 22.3 kPa"
}
GAS-049 · medium · application · seq 14 · authored (seq-14 rotation: value set, structure fixed) · numeric
A rigid mixing vessel holds four gases at a total pressure of 4.00 atm. Three of the partial pressures are 1.35 atm, 1.15 atm, and 0.65 atm. What is the fourth gas's partial pressure? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.85 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.85 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1.5,
"misconception": "you left one known gas in the total — all three known shares come off",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 3.15,
"misconception": "you found the sum of the known gases — now subtract it from the total to get the unknown",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 4.00 atm\nP₁ = 1.35 atm\nP₂ = 1.15 atm\nP₃ = 0.65 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nMake P₄ the subject:\nP₄ = P(total) − P₁ − P₂ − P₃\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₄ = 4.00 − 1.35 − 1.15 − 0.65\nP₄ = 0.85 atm"
}
A pipeline carries a gas at about 1 atm while the same gas waits in a filled cylinder at 238 atm, both at room temperature. For which is PV = nRT less trustworthy, and why?
The 238 atm sample — at very high pressure the particles' own volume is no longer a negligible share of the container. KEY
The low-pressure sample — with fewer particles present, each particle's behavior matters more.
Both samples equally — a given gas always behaves the same way, whatever its conditions.
The 238 atm sample — high pressure makes the particles attract one another more strongly.
A metal serving tray, wiped dry as it leaves the refrigerator, comes into a humid dining hall — within a minute a film of droplets covers it. Why?
Vapor in the room slows where it touches the cold tray — when gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together into liquid. KEY
Cold metal out of a refrigerator is always already slightly damp, and that starting film of dampness simply grows thicker until it shows as droplets.
The tray's cold surface squeezes the nearby gas into liquid.
Vapor particles stop moving completely when they touch the cold tray.
GAS-048 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · authored (seq-17 rotation: apparatus values) · numeric
A sealed apparatus holds two gases: the first gas at a partial pressure of 0.23 atm, the second at 532 mmHg. (1 atm equals 760 mmHg.) How large is the total pressure in the apparatus, in atm? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.93 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.93 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 532.23,
"misconception": "you added the raw numbers without converting — 532 mmHg is 0.70 atm",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 5.55,
"misconception": "you shifted the decimal instead of dividing by 760 — converting mmHg to atm divides by 760, so 532 mmHg is 0.70 atm",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 0.23 atm\nP(gas 2) = 532 mmHg\nCheck the units — they differ, so convert first (1 atm = 760 mmHg):\nP(gas 2) = 532 ÷ 760 = 0.70 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 0.23 + 0.70\nP(total) = 0.93 atm"
}
GAS-050 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (seq-18 rotation: hot/low corner at (B), accuracy framing); wave-4 blind fix: labels (A)-(D)->(P)-(S) · mcq4
A gas sample is held under four condition sets: (P) 86 K and 1 atm, (Q) 970 K and 0.27 atm, (R) 285 K and 230 atm, (S) 285 K and 1 atm. Under which set is PV = nRT most accurate?
(Q) KEY
(R)
(P)
(S)
GAS-051 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (seq-19 rotation: sticky-gas claim) · mcq4
A student claims: 'Condensation needs a special kind of sticky gas — most gases have nothing that could pull their particles together.' Evaluate the claim.
Wrong — weak attractions exist between the particles of every real gas; slow the particles enough and those attractions pull them into a liquid. KEY
Right — only a few specially sticky gases can condense.
Right for most gases — their particles simply bounce off one another forever, and particles that bounce like that can never be made to gather into a liquid.
Wrong, but only for gases kept under pressure.
GAS-050 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (seq-20 rotation: stopped-particles misdiagnosis); wave-4 blind fix: CO2 unnamed + direction datum · mcq4
A gas cartridge that inflates bike tires sits at room temperature, its contents squeezed to very high pressure; the measured PV overshoots what PV = nRT gives. A student insists the particles inside must have stopped moving. What is the better account?
The particles are still moving fast at room temperature — the deviation comes from very high pressure leaving so little empty space that the particles' own volume matters. KEY
The student is right — sealing a cartridge that tightly freezes its contents in place, and gas particles that have been frozen to a standstill no longer obey the equation.
The cartridge's gas deviates because it is invisible, and invisible gases resist the equation.
The deviation appears because the cartridge's walls absorb part of the pressure.
A chilled metal drink bottle is carried into a humid gym. Within minutes, droplets cover the bottle's outside.
A chilled metal drink bottle is carried into a humid gym. Within minutes, droplets cover the bottle's outside.
(a) State where the droplets came from.
(b) Explain, in particle terms, why the droplets formed on the cold bottle: what does the cold surface do to the gas particles that touch it, and what do the attractions between the particles then do?
(c) An identical bottle that has stood in the gym since morning stays dry. Explain why, in particle terms.
Part a. State where the droplets came from.
Model: The droplets came from the invisible water vapor already present in the humid gym. Nothing leaked through the bottle and nothing splashed — the droplets are that vapor, condensed on the cold metal.
Part b. Explain, in particle terms, why the droplets formed on the cold bottle: what does the cold surface do to the gas particles that touch it, and what do the attractions between the particles then do?
Model: The cold surface slows the vapor particles that touch it. When gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together — so the slowed particles gather into tiny liquid droplets on the surface.
Part c. An identical bottle that has stood in the gym since morning stays dry. Explain why, in particle terms.
Model: The bottle that has warmed to the gym's temperature does not slow the vapor particles that touch it: they stay fast. The weak attractions are still there — particle speed decides — and fast particles break free before the attractions can hold them, so no droplets form.
Full model answer. (a) The droplets came from the invisible water vapor already present in the humid gym. Nothing leaked through the bottle and nothing splashed — the droplets are that vapor, condensed on the cold metal.
(b) The cold surface slows the vapor particles that touch it. When gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together — so the slowed particles gather into tiny liquid droplets on the surface.
(c) The bottle that has warmed to the gym's temperature does not slow the vapor particles that touch it: they stay fast. The weak attractions are still there — particle speed decides — and fast particles break free before the attractions can hold them, so no droplets form.
Dalton's law in reverse: measured totals reveal unmeasured shares.
Dalton's law in reverse: measured totals reveal unmeasured shares.
(a) A sealed sample chamber holds three gases: He, Ne, and Kr. The total pressure is 4.26 atm; He's partial pressure is 2.31 atm and Ne's is 1.24 atm. Find Kr's partial pressure in atm, showing the full chain: the law, its expansion in this problem's own gases, the rearranged equation, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
(b) A plant data logger reports a sealed mixture's total pressure as 226.8 kPa. Three of the partial pressures are 97.4 kPa, 66.3 kPa, and 41.7 kPa; one gas is unmeasured. Find the unmeasured partial pressure in kPa, showing the same full chain (use P(gas 1), P(gas 2), ... for the expansion).
(c) A student's answer sheet for a similar problem shows an unknown partial pressure larger than the stated total pressure. Explain, from the law itself, why that answer cannot be right.
Part a. A sealed sample chamber holds three gases: He, Ne, and Kr. The total pressure is 4.26 atm; He's partial pressure is 2.31 atm and Ne's is 1.24 atm. Find Kr's partial pressure in atm, showing the full chain: the law, its expansion in this problem's own gases, the rearranged equation, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Part b. A plant data logger reports a sealed mixture's total pressure as 226.8 kPa. Three of the partial pressures are 97.4 kPa, 66.3 kPa, and 41.7 kPa; one gas is unmeasured. Find the unmeasured partial pressure in kPa, showing the same full chain (use P(gas 1), P(gas 2), ... for the expansion).
Part c. A student's answer sheet for a similar problem shows an unknown partial pressure larger than the stated total pressure. Explain, from the law itself, why that answer cannot be right.
Model: Dalton's law only ever ADDS shares into the total, so each gas's partial pressure must be smaller than the total pressure. A computed unknown larger than the stated total is therefore impossible, and the work must contain an error — for example, a known share added instead of subtracted.
Full model answer. (a) Values: P(total) = 4.26 atm, P(He) = 2.31 atm, P(Ne) = 1.24 atm, P(Kr) = ?
Law: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + P(gas 3)
Expansion in this problem's gases: P(total) = P(He) + P(Ne) + P(Kr)
Make P(Kr) the subject: P(Kr) = P(total) - P(He) - P(Ne)
Substitution: P(Kr) = 4.26 - 2.31 - 1.24
P(Kr) = 0.71 atm
(b) Values: P(total) = 226.8 kPa; knowns 97.4 kPa, 66.3 kPa, 41.7 kPa; P(gas 4) = ?
Law: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + ...
Expansion in this problem's gases: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + P(gas 3) + P(gas 4)
Make P(gas 4) the subject: P(gas 4) = P(total) - P(gas 1) - P(gas 2) - P(gas 3)
Substitution: P(gas 4) = 226.8 - 97.4 - 66.3 - 41.7
P(gas 4) = 21.4 kPa
(c) Dalton's law only ever ADDS shares into the total, so each gas's partial pressure must be smaller than the total pressure. A computed unknown larger than the stated total is therefore impossible, and the work must contain an error — for example, a known share added instead of subtracted.
Form D
GAS-045 · easy · recall · seq 1 · authored (seq-1 rotation: removal-requirement foil on a two-propellant canister) · mcq4
An aerosol test canister is charged with propellant P and propellant Q and reads 4.00 atm in total. Propellant P alone contributes 2.70 atm. Which statement is correct?
The partial pressure of propellant P is 2.70 atm. KEY
The partial pressure of propellant P is 4.00 atm.
The partial pressure of propellant Q is 2.70 atm.
Propellant P only gains a partial pressure once propellant Q runs out.
A calibration sticker on a mixed-gas bottle lists contributions of 1.72 atm, 1.44 atm, and 1.84 atm — printed total: 5.00 atm. Which rule is the sticker relying on?
Dalton's law of partial pressures — the total pressure is the sum of the partial pressures. KEY
Boyle's law — the pressure of a fixed amount of gas rises as its volume shrinks.
Avogadro's law — equal gas volumes at one temperature and pressure hold equal numbers of particles.
Gay-Lussac's law — the pressure of a fixed amount of gas rises with its kelvin temperature.
A shipyard manifold supplies a shielding blend of Ar and a second gas. The blend's total pressure is 7.00 atm, and the Ar alone contributes 5.60 atm. Which statement about the second gas is correct?
Its partial pressure is the pressure it alone contributes to the blend's total. KEY
Its partial pressure is 7.00 atm — every gas in a blend takes the blend's total pressure.
Its partial pressure is 5.60 atm, the same as the Ar's.
It has no partial pressure of its own, because the Ar supplies most of the push.
Flask 1 holds 3 mol of Ne alone. Flask 2, the same size and at the same temperature, holds 3 mol of Ne mixed with 2 mol of another gas. Compare Ne's partial pressure in the two flasks.
Equal — in both flasks the Ne's own collisions with the walls are the same. KEY
Lower in flask 2 — the mixture dilutes Ne's push in proportion to its particle fraction.
Higher in flask 2 — mixtures always push harder than pure gases.
Lower in flask 2 — some of Ne's particles are held back by the other gas's particles.
A student writes Dalton's law for an eight-gas mixture using only four partial-pressure terms and calls it complete. What is the correct fix?
Add the missing terms — the equation needs one term per gas, eight in all. KEY
Multiply the four-term sum by two to stand in for the missing gases.
No fix is needed — four terms is the maximum the law allows.
Replace the four terms with the largest gas's term alone.
GAS-046 · medium · application · seq 8 · authored (seq-8 rotation: claim-rebuttal on the additivity mechanism) · mcq4
A student argues: 'The gases in a mixture must get in each other's way, so the total pressure should be LESS than the sum of the partial pressures.' Why is the student wrong?
Gas particles have no attractions to one another, so each gas collides with the walls as if it were alone — every share arrives in full, and the shares add. KEY
The student is mistaken only for mixtures of exactly two gases.
The total is actually MORE than the sum of the partial pressures, because the collisions between particles of different gases create extra pressure of their own.
The claim is true — measured totals always come in below the sum.
A test manifold is charged with three gases, with partial pressures of 0.45 atm, 0.41 atm, and 0.13 atm. What is the total pressure in the manifold? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.99 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.99 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 0.86,
"misconception": "you left the smallest gas out of the sum — one term per gas, all of them",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.33,
"misconception": "you averaged the partial pressures instead of adding them",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 0.45 atm\nP(gas 2) = 0.41 atm\nP(gas 3) = 0.13 atm\nCheck the units: every partial pressure is in atm.\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 0.45 + 0.41 + 0.13\nP(total) = 0.99 atm"
}
A compost-digester line delivers three gases: gas 1 at 44.7 kPa, gas 2 at 33.6 kPa, and gas 3 at 15.9 kPa. What is the total pressure in the line? Give your answer in kPa to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 94.2 kPa KEY
also accepted: 94.2 kPa
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 78.3,
"misconception": "you left the last gas out of the sum — one term per gas, all of them",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 31.4,
"misconception": "you averaged the partial pressures instead of adding them",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 44.7 kPa\nP(gas 2) = 33.6 kPa\nP(gas 3) = 15.9 kPa\nCheck the units: every partial pressure is in kPa.\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 44.7 + 33.6 + 15.9\nP(total) = 94.2 kPa"
}
A test loop holds H₂, N₂, and NH₃ exerting 4.65 atm altogether; H₂ supplies 2.55 atm and N₂ supplies 1.55 atm. What is NH₃'s partial pressure? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.55 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.55 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
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{
"value": 2.1,
"misconception": "you subtracted only the H₂ — the N₂'s share comes off too",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 8.75,
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"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 4.65 atm\nP(H₂) = 2.55 atm\nP(N₂) = 1.55 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P(H₂) + P(N₂) + P(NH₃)\nMake P(NH₃) the subject:\nP(NH₃) = P(total) − P(H₂) − P(N₂)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(NH₃) = 4.65 − 2.55 − 1.55\nP(NH₃) = 0.55 atm"
}
A wellhead sampling run finds CH₄, C₂H₆, and C₃H₈ at a combined 87.6 kPa; CH₄ supplies 36.2 kPa and C₂H₆ supplies 31.9 kPa. What is C₃H₈'s partial pressure? Answer in kPa (1 decimal place).
Answer: 19.5 kPa KEY
also accepted: 19.5 kPa
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 51.4,
"misconception": "you subtracted only the CH₄ — the C₂H₆'s share comes off too",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 68.1,
"misconception": "you found the sum of the known gases — now subtract it from the total to get the unknown",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 87.6 kPa\nP(CH₄) = 36.2 kPa\nP(C₂H₆) = 31.9 kPa\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P(CH₄) + P(C₂H₆) + P(C₃H₈)\nMake P(C₃H₈) the subject:\nP(C₃H₈) = P(total) − P(CH₄) − P(C₂H₆)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(C₃H₈) = 87.6 − 36.2 − 31.9\nP(C₃H₈) = 19.5 kPa"
}
GAS-049 · medium · application · seq 14 · authored (seq-14 rotation: value set, structure fixed) · numeric
An industrial autoclave holds four gases at a total pressure of 7.00 atm. Three of the partial pressures are 3.05 atm, 2.45 atm, and 0.55 atm. What is the fourth gas's partial pressure? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.95 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.95 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1.5,
"misconception": "you left one known gas in the total — all three known shares come off",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 6.05,
"misconception": "you found the sum of the known gases — now subtract it from the total to get the unknown",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 7.00 atm\nP₁ = 3.05 atm\nP₂ = 2.45 atm\nP₃ = 0.55 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nMake P₄ the subject:\nP₄ = P(total) − P₁ − P₂ − P₃\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₄ = 7.00 − 3.05 − 2.45 − 0.55\nP₄ = 0.95 atm"
}
A lecture bottle holds a demonstration gas at 216 atm; a balloon holds the same gas near 1 atm, both at room temperature. Which sample strays further from PV = nRT, and why?
The 216 atm sample — at very high pressure the particles' own volume is no longer a negligible share of the container. KEY
The low-pressure sample — with fewer particles present, each particle's behavior matters more.
Both samples equally — a given gas always behaves the same way, whatever its conditions.
The 216 atm sample — high pressure makes the particles attract one another more strongly.
In humid summer weather, droplets bead on the wall tiles of an unheated cellar even though the roof and walls are sound and the sealed floor below stays dry. Why?
Vapor in the humid surroundings slows against the cool tiles — when gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together into liquid. KEY
Moisture from the ground below is forced up through invisible gaps between the tiles, and it is this ground moisture that collects as the droplets.
The cool tiles react with the humid surroundings to make a watery film.
Summer heat melts a thin layer of the tile surface.
GAS-048 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · authored (seq-17 rotation: skid values) · numeric
A gas-mixing skid blends two gases: the first gas at a partial pressure of 0.31 atm, the second at 608 mmHg. (760 mmHg equals 1 atm.) What then is the total pressure in the skid, in atm? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 1.11 atm KEY
also accepted: 1.11 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 608.31,
"misconception": "you added the raw numbers without converting — 608 mmHg is 0.80 atm",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 6.39,
"misconception": "you shifted the decimal instead of dividing by 760 — converting mmHg to atm divides by 760, so 608 mmHg is 0.80 atm",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 0.31 atm\nP(gas 2) = 608 mmHg\nCheck the units — they differ, so convert first (1 atm = 760 mmHg):\nP(gas 2) = 608 ÷ 760 = 0.80 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 0.31 + 0.80\nP(total) = 1.11 atm"
}
GAS-050 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (seq-18 rotation: hot/low corner at (C)); wave-4 blind fix: labels (A)-(D)->(P)-(S) · mcq4
Four batches of one gas: (P) 315 K and 175 atm, (Q) 94 K and 1 atm, (R) 860 K and 0.53 atm, (S) 315 K and 1 atm. Which batch follows PV = nRT most closely?
(R) KEY
(P)
(Q)
(S)
GAS-051 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (seq-19 rotation: permanent-gas claim) · mcq4
A student states: 'Some gases are permanent — no amount of cooling can ever turn them into liquids.' Evaluate the claim using the particle model.
Wrong — cooling slows any gas's particles, and when gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together into a liquid. KEY
Right — permanent gases exist because their particles never slow down.
Right — in the very coldest gases the weak attractions themselves freeze away and stop working, so the particles can never be gathered into a liquid.
Wrong, but only for gases with heavy particles — light particles move too fast to ever be caught.
GAS-050 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (seq-20 rotation: strengthened-attractions misdiagnosis); wave-4 blind fix (F2): CO2 unnamed + measured PV-above-prediction datum excludes every attraction account · mcq4
A stage-effect gas cylinder, kept at room temperature with its contents at very high pressure, deviates from PV = nRT — the product PV comes in above the predicted value. A student claims 'the high pressure has strengthened the attractions between the particles.' What is the better account?
The attractions are unchanged — at room temperature and very high pressure, the deviation comes from the particles' own volume no longer being a negligible share of the container. KEY
The student is right — squeezing the particles this close together genuinely strengthens the pulls between them, and those strengthened pulls are what bend PV = nRT.
The cylinder must have chilled its contents, letting the attractions catch the slowed particles.
The deviation comes from the gas being a compound rather than an element.
Campers wake at dawn to find the inside wall of their tent beaded with moisture, though the tent never leaked.
Campers wake at dawn to find the inside wall of their tent beaded with moisture, though the tent never leaked.
(a) State where the beads came from.
(b) Explain, in particle terms, why the beads formed on the cold tent wall overnight: what does the cold surface do to the gas particles that touch it, and what do the attractions between the particles then do?
(c) By late morning a sun-warmed section of the wall grows no new beads, even though the surroundings are just as damp. Explain why, in particle terms.
Part a. State where the beads came from.
Model: The beads came from the invisible water vapor already present in the tent — the tent never leaked, and no new substance formed; the beads are that vapor, condensed on the night-cooled wall.
Part b. Explain, in particle terms, why the beads formed on the cold tent wall overnight: what does the cold surface do to the gas particles that touch it, and what do the attractions between the particles then do?
Model: The cold surface slows the vapor particles that touch it. When gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together — so the slowed particles gather into tiny liquid droplets on the surface.
Part c. By late morning a sun-warmed section of the wall grows no new beads, even though the surroundings are just as damp. Explain why, in particle terms.
Model: The sun-warmed section of wall does not slow the vapor particles that touch it: they stay fast. The weak attractions are still there — particle speed decides — and fast particles break free before the attractions can hold them, so no droplets form.
Full model answer. (a) The beads came from the invisible water vapor already present in the tent — the tent never leaked, and no new substance formed; the beads are that vapor, condensed on the night-cooled wall.
(b) The cold surface slows the vapor particles that touch it. When gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together — so the slowed particles gather into tiny liquid droplets on the surface.
(c) The sun-warmed section of wall does not slow the vapor particles that touch it: they stay fast. The weak attractions are still there — particle speed decides — and fast particles break free before the attractions can hold them, so no droplets form.
Dalton's law in reverse: measured totals reveal unmeasured shares.
Dalton's law in reverse: measured totals reveal unmeasured shares.
(a) A sealed reference flask holds three gases: Ne, Ar, and Xe. The total pressure is 3.66 atm; Ne's partial pressure is 1.82 atm and Ar's is 1.16 atm. Find Xe's partial pressure in atm, showing the full chain: the law, its expansion in this problem's own gases, the rearranged equation, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
(b) A monitoring console reports a sealed mixture's total pressure as 168.5 kPa. Three of the partial pressures are 63.9 kPa, 48.6 kPa, and 35.7 kPa; one gas is unmeasured. Find the unmeasured partial pressure in kPa, showing the same full chain (use P(gas 1), P(gas 2), ... for the expansion).
(c) Checking a classmate's work on a different mixture, you notice their computed unknown partial pressure comes out LARGER than that mixture's stated total pressure. Without redoing their arithmetic, explain how you can tell an error was made.
Part a. A sealed reference flask holds three gases: Ne, Ar, and Xe. The total pressure is 3.66 atm; Ne's partial pressure is 1.82 atm and Ar's is 1.16 atm. Find Xe's partial pressure in atm, showing the full chain: the law, its expansion in this problem's own gases, the rearranged equation, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Part b. A monitoring console reports a sealed mixture's total pressure as 168.5 kPa. Three of the partial pressures are 63.9 kPa, 48.6 kPa, and 35.7 kPa; one gas is unmeasured. Find the unmeasured partial pressure in kPa, showing the same full chain (use P(gas 1), P(gas 2), ... for the expansion).
Part c. Checking a classmate's work on a different mixture, you notice their computed unknown partial pressure comes out LARGER than that mixture's stated total pressure. Without redoing their arithmetic, explain how you can tell an error was made.
Model: Dalton's law only ever ADDS shares into the total, so each gas's partial pressure must be smaller than the total pressure. A computed unknown larger than the stated total is therefore impossible, and the work must contain an error — for example, a known share added instead of subtracted.
Full model answer. (a) Values: P(total) = 3.66 atm, P(Ne) = 1.82 atm, P(Ar) = 1.16 atm, P(Xe) = ?
Law: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + P(gas 3)
Expansion in this problem's gases: P(total) = P(Ne) + P(Ar) + P(Xe)
Make P(Xe) the subject: P(Xe) = P(total) - P(Ne) - P(Ar)
Substitution: P(Xe) = 3.66 - 1.82 - 1.16
P(Xe) = 0.68 atm
(b) Values: P(total) = 168.5 kPa; knowns 63.9 kPa, 48.6 kPa, 35.7 kPa; P(gas 4) = ?
Law: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + ...
Expansion in this problem's gases: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + P(gas 3) + P(gas 4)
Make P(gas 4) the subject: P(gas 4) = P(total) - P(gas 1) - P(gas 2) - P(gas 3)
Substitution: P(gas 4) = 168.5 - 63.9 - 48.6 - 35.7
P(gas 4) = 20.3 kPa
(c) Dalton's law only ever ADDS shares into the total, so each gas's partial pressure must be smaller than the total pressure. A computed unknown larger than the stated total is therefore impossible, and the work must contain an error — for example, a known share added instead of subtracted.
Form E
GAS-045 · easy · recall · seq 1 · authored (seq-1 rotation: biggest-share foil added to the read) · mcq4
A leak-check blend of two gases is sealed to read 6.00 atm in total. The heavier gas alone contributes 4.60 atm. Which statement is correct?
The partial pressure of the heavier gas is 4.60 atm. KEY
The partial pressure of the heavier gas is 6.00 atm.
The partial pressure of the lighter gas is 4.60 atm.
Only the heavier gas can have a partial pressure, because it pushes hardest.
A pipeline monitor's readout lists three gases contributing 2.62 atm, 3.24 atm, and 3.14 atm — printed total: 9.00 atm. Which rule produced the printed total?
Dalton's law of partial pressures — the total pressure is the sum of the partial pressures. KEY
Boyle's law — the pressure of a fixed amount of gas rises as its volume shrinks.
Avogadro's law — equal gas volumes at one temperature and pressure hold equal numbers of particles.
Gay-Lussac's law — the pressure of a fixed amount of gas rises with its kelvin temperature.
A workshop tank holds a shielding blend of Ar and a second gas. The blend's total pressure is 8.00 atm, and the Ar alone contributes 6.40 atm. Which statement about the second gas is correct?
Its partial pressure is the pressure it alone contributes to the blend's total. KEY
Its partial pressure is 8.00 atm — every gas in a blend takes the blend's total pressure.
Its partial pressure is 6.40 atm, the same as the Ar's.
It has no partial pressure of its own, because the Ar supplies most of the push.
GAS-046 · medium · application · seq 6 · authored (seq-6 rotation: where-larger probe with a neither key) · mcq4
Two matched rigid vessels sit at one temperature, each holding 4 mol of Ne; vessel 2 additionally contains another gas. Where is Ne's partial pressure larger?
Neither — it is the same in both vessels, because Ne's own wall-collision rate is set by its own amount and the temperature. KEY
In vessel 2, because the second gas crowds the walls and boosts the strength of every collision that happens there.
In vessel 1, because Ne does not have to compete for the walls there.
In vessel 2, because its total pressure is larger.
A mixture holds ten gases, and a student's Dalton's-law equation carries eleven added partial-pressure terms. What is wrong?
One term too many — the equation carries exactly one term per gas, ten here. KEY
Nothing — an extra term is a safe margin for measurement error.
The equation should have nine terms, because the final gas is already counted inside the total.
The term count never matters, because all the terms are equal anyway.
GAS-046 · medium · application · seq 8 · authored (seq-8 rotation: exact-increment probe); wave-5 sol fix: incoherent give-up-share foil replaced with relayed-push misconception · mcq4
A sealed rigid vessel contains one gas at a steady temperature. A newcomer gas is then pumped in, and the total pressure climbs by exactly the newcomer's own contribution. Why exactly that amount?
The newcomer gas adds its own wall collisions while the original gas's collisions continue unchanged — so the total grows by precisely the newcomer's share. KEY
Because the vessel amplifies the newcomer's push to protect the resident gas.
Coincidence — the climb usually differs from the newcomer's contribution.
The incoming particles shove the resident particles harder into the walls, and that relayed push is what raises the total by the newcomer's share.
A high-altitude flight mask feeds a stored blend, and its gauge logic is built on Dalton's law. What does the law guarantee about the total pressure of the stored blend?
Only that it equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases present. KEY
That it never changes as the blend is drawn down.
That it matches the largest single share in the blend.
That it divides evenly among the gases in the blend.
A pressurized holding tank stores four gases, with partial pressures of 0.49 atm, 0.34 atm, 0.29 atm, and 0.16 atm. What is the total pressure in the tank? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 1.28 atm KEY
also accepted: 1.28 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 1.12,
"misconception": "you left the smallest gas out of the sum — one term per gas, all of them",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 0.32,
"misconception": "you averaged the partial pressures instead of adding them",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 0.49 atm\nP(gas 2) = 0.34 atm\nP(gas 3) = 0.29 atm\nP(gas 4) = 0.16 atm\nCheck the units: every partial pressure is in atm.\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 0.49 + 0.34 + 0.29 + 0.16\nP(total) = 1.28 atm"
}
GAS-048 · medium · application · seq 11 · authored (seq-11 rotation: process line) · numeric
A semiconductor process line feeds two gases: gas 1 at 58.3 kPa and gas 2 at 27.4 kPa. What is the total pressure in the line? Give your answer in kPa to 1 decimal place.
Answer: 85.7 kPa KEY
also accepted: 85.7 kPa
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 30.9,
"misconception": "you subtracted the partial pressures — every gas adds its share to the total",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 42.85,
"misconception": "you averaged the partial pressures instead of adding them",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 58.3 kPa\nP(gas 2) = 27.4 kPa\nCheck the units: every partial pressure is in kPa.\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 58.3 + 27.4\nP(total) = 85.7 kPa"
}
H₂, N₂, and NH₃ fill a sealed process chamber at 5.15 atm total; H₂ gives 2.95 atm and N₂ gives 1.75 atm. What is NH₃'s partial pressure? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 0.45 atm KEY
also accepted: 0.45 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 2.2,
"misconception": "you subtracted only the H₂ — the N₂'s share comes off too",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 9.85,
"misconception": "you added everything together — the unknown share is the total MINUS the known shares",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 5.15 atm\nP(H₂) = 2.95 atm\nP(N₂) = 1.75 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P(H₂) + P(N₂) + P(NH₃)\nMake P(NH₃) the subject:\nP(NH₃) = P(total) − P(H₂) − P(N₂)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(NH₃) = 5.15 − 2.95 − 1.75\nP(NH₃) = 0.45 atm"
}
A metering skid logs CH₄, C₂H₆, and C₃H₈ at a combined 143.2 kPa; CH₄ registers 78.6 kPa and C₂H₆ registers 46.9 kPa. What is C₃H₈'s partial pressure? Answer in kPa (1 decimal place).
Answer: 17.7 kPa KEY
also accepted: 17.7 kPa
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 64.6,
"misconception": "you subtracted only the CH₄ — the C₂H₆'s share comes off too",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 125.5,
"misconception": "you found the sum of the known gases — now subtract it from the total to get the unknown",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 143.2 kPa\nP(CH₄) = 78.6 kPa\nP(C₂H₆) = 46.9 kPa\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P(CH₄) + P(C₂H₆) + P(C₃H₈)\nMake P(C₃H₈) the subject:\nP(C₃H₈) = P(total) − P(CH₄) − P(C₂H₆)\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(C₃H₈) = 143.2 − 78.6 − 46.9\nP(C₃H₈) = 17.7 kPa"
}
GAS-049 · medium · application · seq 14 · authored (seq-14 rotation: value set, structure fixed) · numeric
A recovery vessel holds four gases at a total pressure of 9.00 atm. Three of the partial pressures are 3.65 atm, 2.25 atm, and 1.95 atm. What is the fourth gas's partial pressure? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 1.15 atm KEY
also accepted: 1.15 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 3.1,
"misconception": "you left one known gas in the total — all three known shares come off",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 7.85,
"misconception": "you found the sum of the known gases — now subtract it from the total to get the unknown",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(total) = 9.00 atm\nP₁ = 3.65 atm\nP₂ = 2.25 atm\nP₃ = 1.95 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nExpand it in this problem's own gases:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ + P₄\nMake P₄ the subject:\nP₄ = P(total) − P₁ − P₂ − P₃\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP₄ = 9.00 − 3.65 − 2.25 − 1.95\nP₄ = 1.15 atm"
}
At one plant, the same gas sits in a bulk tank at 258 atm and in a bench flask near 1 atm, both at room temperature. For which should the engineers trust PV = nRT LESS, and why?
The 258 atm sample — at very high pressure the particles' own volume is no longer a negligible share of the container. KEY
The low-pressure sample — with fewer particles present, each particle's behavior matters more.
Both samples equally — a given gas always behaves the same way, whatever its conditions.
The 258 atm sample — high pressure makes the particles attract one another more strongly.
A bicycle left outside overnight has beads of moisture along its metal frame by sunrise, though no rain fell. Why?
Overnight the frame cooled, and vapor touching it slowed — when gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together into liquid beads. KEY
The beads seep out of tiny pores in the frame's metal itself — the moisture was stored inside the tubing and slowly worked its way to the surface overnight.
The cold metal attracts vapor particles the way a magnet attracts filings.
A fine rain fell overnight, too light to notice.
GAS-048 · hard · transfer · seq 17 · authored (seq-17 rotation: bottle values) · numeric
A storage bottle carries two gases: the first gas at a partial pressure of 0.22 atm, the second at 646 mmHg. (One atmosphere, 1 atm, is 760 mmHg.) How big is the total pressure in the bottle, in atm? Give your answer in atm to two decimal places.
Answer: 1.07 atm KEY
also accepted: 1.07 atm
wrongValueDiagnostics
[
{
"value": 646.22,
"misconception": "you added the raw numbers without converting — 646 mmHg is 0.85 atm",
"feedback": null
},
{
"value": 6.68,
"misconception": "you shifted the decimal instead of dividing by 760 — converting mmHg to atm divides by 760, so 646 mmHg is 0.85 atm",
"feedback": null
}
]
feedback
{
"keyExplanation": "Write down the values in the question:\nP(gas 1) = 0.22 atm\nP(gas 2) = 646 mmHg\nCheck the units — they differ, so convert first (1 atm = 760 mmHg):\nP(gas 2) = 646 ÷ 760 = 0.85 atm\nWrite down the equation, one term per gas:\nP(total) = P₁ + P₂\nSubstitute in the values, and calculate:\nP(total) = 0.22 + 0.85\nP(total) = 1.07 atm"
}
GAS-050 · hard · transfer · seq 18 · authored (seq-18 rotation: hot/low corner at (B), trap order reshuffled); wave-4 blind fix: labels (A)-(D)->(P)-(S) · mcq4
One gas, four settings: (P) 275 K and 225 atm, (Q) 920 K and 0.33 atm, (R) 84 K and 1 atm, (S) 275 K and 1 atm. In which setting is the gas most ideal?
(Q) KEY
(P)
(R)
(S)
GAS-051 · hard · transfer · seq 19 · authored (seq-19 rotation: visibility claim) · mcq4
A student claims: 'A gas you cannot see can never condense — only visible vapors turn into liquids.' Evaluate the claim.
Wrong — visibility is irrelevant; any gas condenses when its particles slow enough for the attractions between them to pull them together. KEY
Right — an invisible gas has particles too far apart ever to gather.
Right — a vapor you can see is already halfway to being a liquid, which is why visible vapors are the only gases that ever manage to condense.
Wrong, but only for invisible gases with unusually strong attractions.
GAS-050 · hard · transfer · seq 20 · authored (seq-20 rotation: invented-cold misdiagnosis, gauge-denial foil); wave-4 blind fix: CO2 unnamed (greenhouse-enrichment context implied CO2) + direction datum · mcq4
A welding shop's supply tank, room-temperature and under very high pressure, measurably breaks from PV = nRT — PV reads high against the prediction. The welder blames 'the tank chilling its contents.' What is the better account?
Nothing is chilled — the tank sits at room temperature, and the deviation comes from very high pressure making the particles' own volume a real share of the container. KEY
The welder is right — heavily pressurized tanks always run cold inside, and the chilled, slowed particles get caught by their attractions, which is what bends the equation.
The gas misbehaves because welding-grade gas is always a compound.
The tank's gauge is simply wrong — a real gas never deviates from PV = nRT.
In a damp summer basement, a cold supply pipe stays covered in droplets, while the warm pipe beside it stays dry.
In a damp summer basement, a cold supply pipe stays covered in droplets, while the warm pipe beside it stays dry.
(a) State where the droplets on the cold pipe came from.
(b) Explain, in particle terms, why droplets form on the cold pipe: what does the cold surface do to the gas particles that touch it, and what do the attractions between the particles then do?
(c) Explain, in particle terms, why the warm pipe beside it stays dry.
Part a. State where the droplets on the cold pipe came from.
Model: The droplets came from the invisible water vapor already present in the humid basement — nothing is leaking from the cold pipe; the droplets are that vapor, condensed on its cold surface.
Part b. Explain, in particle terms, why droplets form on the cold pipe: what does the cold surface do to the gas particles that touch it, and what do the attractions between the particles then do?
Model: The cold surface slows the vapor particles that touch it. When gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together — so the slowed particles gather into tiny liquid droplets on the surface.
Part c. Explain, in particle terms, why the warm pipe beside it stays dry.
Model: The warm pipe does not slow the vapor particles that touch it: they stay fast. The weak attractions are still there — particle speed decides — and fast particles break free before the attractions can hold them, so no droplets form.
Full model answer. (a) The droplets came from the invisible water vapor already present in the humid basement — nothing is leaking from the cold pipe; the droplets are that vapor, condensed on its cold surface.
(b) The cold surface slows the vapor particles that touch it. When gas particles slow down enough, the attractions between them can pull them together — so the slowed particles gather into tiny liquid droplets on the surface.
(c) The warm pipe does not slow the vapor particles that touch it: they stay fast. The weak attractions are still there — particle speed decides — and fast particles break free before the attractions can hold them, so no droplets form.
Dalton's law in reverse: measured totals reveal unmeasured shares.
Dalton's law in reverse: measured totals reveal unmeasured shares.
(a) A sealed analysis cell holds three gases: Kr, He, and Ar. The total pressure is 4.58 atm; Kr's partial pressure is 2.12 atm and He's is 1.53 atm. Find Ar's partial pressure in atm, showing the full chain: the law, its expansion in this problem's own gases, the rearranged equation, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
(b) A telemetry feed reports a sealed mixture's total pressure as 243.6 kPa. Three of the partial pressures are 104.2 kPa, 77.8 kPa, and 39.4 kPa; one gas is unmeasured. Find the unmeasured partial pressure in kPa, showing the same full chain (use P(gas 1), P(gas 2), ... for the expansion).
(c) A classmate reports an unknown partial pressure that exceeds the stated total pressure of their mixture. Without redoing the calculation, explain why the report must be wrong.
Part a. A sealed analysis cell holds three gases: Kr, He, and Ar. The total pressure is 4.58 atm; Kr's partial pressure is 2.12 atm and He's is 1.53 atm. Find Ar's partial pressure in atm, showing the full chain: the law, its expansion in this problem's own gases, the rearranged equation, the substitution, and the result with its unit.
Part b. A telemetry feed reports a sealed mixture's total pressure as 243.6 kPa. Three of the partial pressures are 104.2 kPa, 77.8 kPa, and 39.4 kPa; one gas is unmeasured. Find the unmeasured partial pressure in kPa, showing the same full chain (use P(gas 1), P(gas 2), ... for the expansion).
Part c. A classmate reports an unknown partial pressure that exceeds the stated total pressure of their mixture. Without redoing the calculation, explain why the report must be wrong.
Model: Dalton's law only ever ADDS shares into the total, so each gas's partial pressure must be smaller than the total pressure. A computed unknown larger than the stated total is therefore impossible, and the work must contain an error — for example, a known share added instead of subtracted.
Full model answer. (a) Values: P(total) = 4.58 atm, P(Kr) = 2.12 atm, P(He) = 1.53 atm, P(Ar) = ?
Law: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + P(gas 3)
Expansion in this problem's gases: P(total) = P(Kr) + P(He) + P(Ar)
Make P(Ar) the subject: P(Ar) = P(total) - P(Kr) - P(He)
Substitution: P(Ar) = 4.58 - 2.12 - 1.53
P(Ar) = 0.93 atm
(b) Values: P(total) = 243.6 kPa; knowns 104.2 kPa, 77.8 kPa, 39.4 kPa; P(gas 4) = ?
Law: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + ...
Expansion in this problem's gases: P(total) = P(gas 1) + P(gas 2) + P(gas 3) + P(gas 4)
Make P(gas 4) the subject: P(gas 4) = P(total) - P(gas 1) - P(gas 2) - P(gas 3)
Substitution: P(gas 4) = 243.6 - 104.2 - 77.8 - 39.4
P(gas 4) = 22.2 kPa
(c) Dalton's law only ever ADDS shares into the total, so each gas's partial pressure must be smaller than the total pressure. A computed unknown larger than the stated total is therefore impossible, and the work must contain an error — for example, a known share added instead of subtracted.