Question #12ce4
1 Answer
May 26, 2017
The new pressure is 19.9 psi.
Explanation:
Given
The pressure (
A second temperature
Find
The second pressure
Strategy
A problem involving two gas pressures and two temperatures must be a Gay-Lussac's Law problem.
Gay-Lussac's Law is
#color(blue)(bar(ul(|color(white)(a/a)p_1/T_1 = p_2/T_2color(white)(a/a)|)))" "#
1. Solve the Gay-Lussac's Law expression for
2. Insert the numbers into the
Solution
#p_2 = p_1 × T_2/T_1#
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