The volume of a gas is increased from 0.5 L to 4.0 L while the temperature is held constant. The pressure of the gas will go fro

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The volume of a gas is increased from 0.5 L to 4.0 L while the temperature is held constant. The pressure of the gas will go fro

m 24 atm to ?

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AVprozaik [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-24T04:25:52+03:00

From Boyle's law the volume of a fixed mass of a gas is inversely proportional to the pressure at a constant absolute temperature. Thus; K = PV Hence; P1V1 =P2V2 0.5 × 24 = 4× P2 P2 = 12/4 = 3 atm Therefore; the pressure will go from 24 atm to 3 atm