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Avogadro's Principle

vogadro's law (sometimes referred to as Avogadro's hypothesis or Avogadro's principle) is a gas law named after Amedeo Avogadro who, in 1811, hypothesized that two given samples of an ideal gas, at the same temperature, pressure and volume, contain the same number of molecules.

Avogadro's law (sometimes referred to as Avogadro's hypothesis or Avogadro's principle) is a gas law named after Amedeo Avogadro who, in 1811, hypothesized that two given samples of an ideal gas, at the same temperature, pressure and volume, contain the same number of molecules. Thus, the number of molecules or atoms in a specific volume of gas is independent of their size or the molar mass of the gas.

As an example, equal volumes of molecular hydrogen and nitrogen contain the same number of molecules when they are at the same temperature and pressure, and observe ideal gas behavior. In practice, real gases show small deviations from the ideal behavior and the law holds only approximately, but is still a useful approximation.

Mathematical definition

Avogadro's law is stated mathematically as:

$\frac{V}{n} = k$

Where:

V is the volume of the gas.

n is the amount of substance of the gas.

k is a proportionality constant.

The most significant consequence of Avogadro's law is that the ideal gas constant has the same value for all gases. This means that:

$\frac{p_1\cdot V_1}{T_1\cdot n_1}=\frac{p_2\cdot V_2}{T_2 \cdot n_2} = constant$

Where:

p is the pressure of the gas

T is the temperature in Kelvin of the gas

Ideal gas law

A common rearrangement of this equation is by letting R be the proportionality constant, and rearranging as follows:

pV = nRT

This equation is known as the ideal gas law.

Molar volume

Taking STP to be 101.325 kPa and 293.15 K, we can find the volume of one mole of a gas:

$V_{\rm m} = \frac{V}{n} = \frac{RT}{p} = \frac{(8.314 \mathrm{ J} \mathrm{ mol}^{-1} \mathrm{ K}^{-1})(293.15 \mathrm{ K})}{101.325 \mathrm{ kPa}} = 24.05 \mathrm{ dm}^3 \mathrm{ mol}^{-1}$

For 100.000 kPa and 273.15 K, the molar volume of an ideal gas is 22.71 dm³mol^-1.

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