Question 1

How compressible are gases when compared to liquids and solids?

Accepted Answer

A) Harder to compress 
B) Slightly more compressible 
C) Far more compressible 
D) Roughly equal in compressibility 
A) Harder to compress 
B) Slightly more compressible 
C) Far more compressible 
D) Roughly equal in compressibility C

Question 2

What is the pressure of a gas, when it is started at 18.0 atm, 3.0 L, and 25°C, and expanded to 12.0 L and heated to 35°C?

Accepted Answer

A) 75.6 atm 
B) 6.30 atm 
C) 2.16 atm 
D) 54.0 atm 
A) 75.6 atm 
B) 6.30 atm 
C) 2.16 atm 
D) 54.0 atm B

Question 3

Explosions are much more than specialized combustion reactions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

What is the oxygen source in the unbalanced reaction of gunpowder, KNO3(s) + C(s) + S(s) →?

Accepted Answer

A) Potassium nitrate 
B) Potassium ion 
C) Charcoal 
D) Sulfur 
A) Potassium nitrate 
B) Potassium ion 
C) Charcoal 
D) Sulfur

Question 5

When combined, what gas laws are simply called "the combined gas law"?

Accepted Answer

A) Charles', Gay-Lussac's, and Avogadro's 
B) Boyle's, Avogrdro's, and Gay-Lussac's 
C) Boyle's, Charles', and Gay-Lussac's 
D) Avogadro's, Boyle's, and Charles' 
A) Charles', Gay-Lussac's, and Avogadro's 
B) Boyle's, Avogrdro's, and Gay-Lussac's 
C) Boyle's, Charles', and Gay-Lussac's 
D) Avogadro's, Boyle's, and Charles'

Question 6

How can the combined gas law be used when the temperature of a system is kept constant?

Accepted Answer

A) Both temperature variables can be removed from the equation. 
B) Both sides of the equation are multiplied by zero. 
C) Both sides of the equation are multiplied by the one temperature. 
D) Both temperature variables can be considered to be the standard temperature. 
A) Both temperature variables can be removed from the equation. 
B) Both sides of the equation are multiplied by zero. 
C) Both sides of the equation are multiplied by the one temperature. 
D) Both temperature variables can be considered to be the standard temperature.

Question 7

What happens to the pressure of a gas when the temperature rises if there are no other factors that change?

Accepted Answer

A) Nothing. 
B) It rises as well. 
C) It decreases. 
D) None of the above. 
A) Nothing. 
B) It rises as well. 
C) It decreases. 
D) None of the above.

Question 8

What is the oxygen source in many explosive reactions?

Accepted Answer

A) Nitro groups 
B) Potassium nitrate 
C) Nitrate groups 
D) None of the above 
A) Nitro groups 
B) Potassium nitrate 
C) Nitrate groups 
D) None of the above

Question 9

What law is the following mathematical expression: P1 / T1 = P2 / T2?

Accepted Answer

Question 10

What does the combustion of explosives produce?

Accepted Answer

A) Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide 
B) Nitrogen and water vapor 
C) Both of the above 
D) None of the above 
A) Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide 
B) Nitrogen and water vapor 
C) Both of the above 
D) None of the above

Question 11

What is a neutral oxygen balance?

Accepted Answer

A) Sufficient oxygen within an explosive molecule to oxidize the carbon and nitrogen atoms completely. 
B) Sufficient oxygen within an explosive molecule to oxidize the carbon and hydrogen atoms completely. 
C) Sufficient oxygen within an explosive molecule to reduce the carbon and hydrogen atoms completely. 
D) Sufficient oxygen within an explosive molecule to reduce the carbon and nitrogen atoms completely. 
A) Sufficient oxygen within an explosive molecule to oxidize the carbon and nitrogen atoms completely. 
B) Sufficient oxygen within an explosive molecule to oxidize the carbon and hydrogen atoms completely. 
C) Sufficient oxygen within an explosive molecule to reduce the carbon and hydrogen atoms completely. 
D) Sufficient oxygen within an explosive molecule to reduce the carbon and nitrogen atoms completely.

Question 12

A 2 L container of gas at 1,060 torr is expanded to 6.5 L. What is its new pressure?

Accepted Answer

A) 326 torr 
B) 13,780 torr 
C) 3,445 torr 
D) 81.5 torr 
A) 326 torr 
B) 13,780 torr 
C) 3,445 torr 
D) 81.5 torr

Question 13

How is Boyle's law expressed as a mathematical ratio?

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

What, besides explosives, is a mass spectrometer often used to detect in a forensics laboratory?

Accepted Answer

A) Illegal drugs 
B) Accelerants 
C) Gasoline and other arson-related fuels 
D) All of the above 
A) Illegal drugs 
B) Accelerants 
C) Gasoline and other arson-related fuels 
D) All of the above

Question 15

Why does one mole of a gas occupy 22.4 L, no matter what the gas happens to be?

Accepted Answer

A) Because gas laws are all the same. 
B) Because gas particles actually occupy very little of that volume. 
C) Because all gas particles in any gas are of high enough energy. 
D) None of the above; rather, there are different volumes for different gases. 
A) Because gas laws are all the same. 
B) Because gas particles actually occupy very little of that volume. 
C) Because all gas particles in any gas are of high enough energy. 
D) None of the above; rather, there are different volumes for different gases.

Question 16

In the ideal gas law, what is R?

Accepted Answer

A) The gas constant, 8.021 L.atm/mol.K 
B) The universal gas constant, 8.314 L.atm/mol.K 
C) The gas constant, 8.314 L.atm/mol.K 
D) The universal gas constant, 0.082 L.atm/mol.K 
A) The gas constant, 8.021 L.atm/mol.K 
B) The universal gas constant, 8.314 L.atm/mol.K 
C) The gas constant, 8.314 L.atm/mol.K 
D) The universal gas constant, 0.082 L.atm/mol.K

Question 17

What happens to a gas phase ion in a magnetic field?

Accepted Answer

It can be

Question 18

If a gas at a pressure of 13.0 atm has a temperature of 27°C, what will its temperature be if the pressure changes to 39.0 atm?

Accepted Answer

A) 81.0°C 
B) 42.5°C 
C) 39.0°C 
D) 18.8°C 
A) 81.0°C 
B) 42.5°C 
C) 39.0°C 
D) 18.8°C

Question 19

Of the following, which is the best expression of Gay-Lussac's Law?

Accepted Answer

A) The temperature of a gas is inversely related to its pressure. 
B) The pressure of a gas can be directly related to its temperature. 
C) The pressure of a gas is directly related to its temperature, when all other factors are equal. 
D) The pressure of a gas is inversely related to its temperature when all other factors are equal. 
A) The temperature of a gas is inversely related to its pressure. 
B) The pressure of a gas can be directly related to its temperature. 
C) The pressure of a gas is directly related to its temperature, when all other factors are equal. 
D) The pressure of a gas is inversely related to its temperature when all other factors are equal.

Question 20

If a gas at 15 atm occupying 5.0 L at 25°C is pressurized to 25 atm at 10 L, what will the new temperature of the gas be?

Accepted Answer

A) 0.012°C 
B) 83.3°C 
C) 3.0°C 
D) 75.0°C 
A) 0.012°C 
B) 83.3°C 
C) 3.0°C 
D) 75.0°C

How compressible are gases when compared to liquids and solids?

What is the pressure of a gas, when it is started at 18.0 atm, 3.0 L, and 25°C, and expanded to 12.0 L and heated to 35°C?

Explosions are much more than specialized combustion reactions.

What is the oxygen source in the unbalanced reaction of gunpowder, KNO_3(s) + C_(s) + S_(s) →?

When combined, what gas laws are simply called "the combined gas law"?

How can the combined gas law be used when the temperature of a system is kept constant?

What happens to the pressure of a gas when the temperature rises if there are no other factors that change?

What is the oxygen source in many explosive reactions?

What law is the following mathematical expression: P₁ / T₁ = P₂ / T₂?

What does the combustion of explosives produce?

What is a neutral oxygen balance?

A 2 L container of gas at 1,060 torr is expanded to 6.5 L. What is its new pressure?

How is Boyle's law expressed as a mathematical ratio?

What, besides explosives, is a mass spectrometer often used to detect in a forensics laboratory?

Why does one mole of a gas occupy 22.4 L, no matter what the gas happens to be?

In the ideal gas law, what is R?

What happens to a gas phase ion in a magnetic field?

If a gas at a pressure of 13.0 atm has a temperature of 27°C, what will its temperature be if the pressure changes to 39.0 atm?

Of the following, which is the best expression of Gay-Lussac's Law?

If a gas at 15 atm occupying 5.0 L at 25°C is pressurized to 25 atm at 10 L, what will the new temperature of the gas be?

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How compressible are gases when compared to liquids and solids?

What is the pressure of a gas, when it is started at 18.0 atm, 3.0 L, and 25°C, and expanded to 12.0 L and heated to 35°C?

Explosions are much more than specialized combustion reactions.

What is the oxygen source in the unbalanced reaction of gunpowder, KNO3(s) + C(s) + S(s) →?

When combined, what gas laws are simply called "the combined gas law"?

How can the combined gas law be used when the temperature of a system is kept constant?

What happens to the pressure of a gas when the temperature rises if there are no other factors that change?

What is the oxygen source in many explosive reactions?

What law is the following mathematical expression: P1 / T1 = P2 / T2?

What does the combustion of explosives produce?

What is a neutral oxygen balance?

A 2 L container of gas at 1,060 torr is expanded to 6.5 L. What is its new pressure?

How is Boyle's law expressed as a mathematical ratio?

What, besides explosives, is a mass spectrometer often used to detect in a forensics laboratory?

Why does one mole of a gas occupy 22.4 L, no matter what the gas happens to be?

In the ideal gas law, what is R?

What happens to a gas phase ion in a magnetic field?

If a gas at a pressure of 13.0 atm has a temperature of 27°C, what will its temperature be if the pressure changes to 39.0 atm?

Of the following, which is the best expression of Gay-Lussac's Law?

If a gas at 15 atm occupying 5.0 L at 25°C is pressurized to 25 atm at 10 L, what will the new temperature of the gas be?

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What is the oxygen source in the unbalanced reaction of gunpowder, KNO_3(s) + C_(s) + S_(s) →?

What law is the following mathematical expression: P₁ / T₁ = P₂ / T₂?