How Does Gas Escape Affect Volume and Mass in Thermodynamics?

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Homework Statement


A container contains 1g of [itex]O_2[/itex] at a pressure of 1 atm and temperature [itex]T_i=47°C[/itex]. At a certain time, due to an escape of gas, the pressure is 5/8 atm and the temperature decreases to 27°C.
1)What is the volume of the container?
2)How much mass of [itex]O_2[/itex] has escaped?


Homework Equations


PV=NRT.


The Attempt at a Solution


1g of [itex]O_2[/itex] is worth 1/32 mol of [itex]O_2[/itex]. Thus [itex]V=\frac{N_iRT_i}{P_i}[/itex]. I took care of converting degrees celsius to kelvin, took 1atm =10⁵ pascal. This gave me [itex]V=8.31m^3[/itex].
While [itex]N_f = \frac{P_fV}{RT_f} \approx 208.25 mol[/itex] which makes absolutely no sense. I should get less than 1/32, yet I get a number greater than 200. I don't know what I did wrong, I tried another approach leading to another inconsistency: [itex]N_f=1.5 N_i[/itex].
 
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I like Serena said:
Let's see...

$$V_i={N_i R T_i \over P_i}={\frac 1 {32} \cdot 8.31 \cdot 320 \over 10^5}=8.31 \cdot 10^{-4} m^3$$
How did you get ##V_i=8.31 m^3##?

Hi! Thanks :biggrin: Misuse of calculator apparently. I must be extremely careful to put all parenthesis I think. I now get your result.
Number of moles in the end: 0.005 or about 1/200. Thus about 0.16 g of [itex]O_2[/itex].