A 780*mL volume of gas 1.00*atm pressure, and 310*K temperature, is cooled to 295*K, and 65*mm*Hg pressure. What is the new volume?
1 Answer
Nov 14, 2016
For a given quantity of gas, .........
Explanation:
For a given quantity of gas, the combined gas law holds that
Thus
We use here the useful relationship that
And thus a measurement of length on a mercury manometer, which is fairly easy to do in a lab, can be used to solve Gas law problems.
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