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The best laboratory vacuum has a pressure of about 1.00 x 10-18 atm, or 1.01 x 10-13 Pa. How many gas molecules are in 8.57 cm3 in such a vacuum at 298 K?
Pressure P = 1.01 x10 -13 Pa
Volume V = 8.57 x10 -6 m 3
Temprature T = 298 K
From the relation PV = nRT
From this number of moles n = PV /RT
Where R = Gas constant = 8.314 J / mol K
Substitute values you get n =(1.01 x10 -13 Pa)(8.57 x10 -6 m 3) / (8.314 x 298)
= 3.493 x10 -22 mol
We know 1 mole = 6.023 x10 23 molecules
So, number of gas molecules in given vacuum = n x 6.023 x10 23
= 210