A rigid cylinder of gas shows a pressure of 500 torr at 215 K. The cylinder is moved to a new storage site where the pressure within the cylinder is now measuring 800 torr. What is the new temperature? Show your work.

Respuesta :

Use the next law for a gas with constant volume:

[tex]\frac{P_1}{T_1}=\frac{P_2}{T_2}[/tex]

Solve the equation above for T2 (new temperature):

[tex]\begin{gathered} T_2*\frac{P_1}{T_1}=P_2 \\ \\ T_2=P_2*\frac{T_1}{P_1} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Use the given data to find the new temperature:

[tex]\begin{gathered} T_2=800torr*\frac{215K}{500torr} \\ \\ T_2=\frac{172000}{500}K \\ \\ T_2=344K \end{gathered}[/tex]

Then, the new temperature is 344K

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