The volume of a gas is reduced from 4 L to 0.5 L while the temperature is held constant. How does the gas pressure change?
1 Answer
Jun 3, 2017
It increases by a factor of
Explanation:
We can use the pressure-volume relationship of gases, illustrated by Boyle's law:
We're not given any pressure values, but we can solve this in terms of
So,
Therefore, the value of the final pressure is