Astudent designs an ammeter (a device that measures electrical current) that is based on the electrolysis of water into hydrogen and oxygen gases. when electrical current of unknown magnitude is run through the device for 2.00 min , 12.4 ml of water-saturated h2(g) is collected. the temperature and pressure of the system are 25 ∘c and 715 torr. part a how many moles of hydrogen gas are produced? express your answer to three significant figures and include the appropriate units.

4.61 x 10ˉ⁴ mole H₂(g)

Explanation:

Given electric current for 2 min. => 12.4ml of wet H₂(g) at 25⁰C & 715Torr => ? moles H₂(g)

PV = nRT => n = PV/RT

•P = P(H₂) + P(H₂O) = 715Torr = 715mm = P(H₂) + 23.8mm  

     => P(H₂) = (715 – 23.8)mm = 619.2mm = 619.2mm/760mm/Atm = 0.815Atm

•V = 12.8ml = 0.0128L

•R = 0.08206 L∙Atm/mol∙K  

•T = 25⁰C = 298K

Substituting …  n = PV/RT

=>  n = (0.815Atm)(0.0128L)/(0.08206 L∙Atm/mol∙K)(298K) = 4.61 x 10ˉ⁴ mole H₂(g)

most historians agree that gabriel mouton, the vicar of st. paul’s church in lyons, france, is the “founding father” of the metric system. he proposed a decimal system of measurement in 1670. mouton based it on the length of one minute of arc of a great circle of the earth (now called a nautical mile, 1852 meters). he also proposed the swing-length of a pendulum with a frequency of one beat per second as the unit of length (about 25 cm). a pendulum beating with this length would have been fairly easy to produce, thus facilitating the widespread distribution of uniform standards. over the years, his work was revised, improved, and extended by a number of french scientists.

the political sponsor of weights and measures reform in the french revolutionary national assembly was the bishop of autun, better known as talleyrand. under his auspices, the french academy appointed several committees to carry out the work of developing a usable system of weights and measures for france. one of the committees recommended a decimalized measurement system based upon a length equal to one ten-millionth of the length of a quadrant of the earth’s meridian (i.e., one ten-millionth of the distance between the equator and the north pole).