Question

What can you infer about the volume of a gas as absolute zero is approached?

Answer 1

Answer:

The volume of a gas approaches zero as the temperature approaches absolute zero.

Step-by-step explanation:

You may have done a Charles' Law experiment in the lab, in which you measured the volumes of a gas at various temperatures.

You plotted them on a graph, and perhaps you were asked to extrapolate the graph to lower temperatures.

Your graph probably looked something like the one below.

There is clearly an x-intercept at some low temperature.

Inference: The volume of a gas approaches zero as the temperature approaches absolute zero.