A sample of compressed methane has a volume of 648 mL at a pressure of 503 kPa. To what pressure would the methane have to be compressed in order to have a volume of 216 mL?
2 Answers
Mar 14, 2017
The pressure is
Explanation:
We apply Boyle's Law
Mar 14, 2017
Well, Boyle's law holds that
Explanation:
So we solve for
Clearly, the pressure increases, here almost threefold.