An ideal gas at "155 kPa" and 25^@ "C" has an initial volume of "1 L". The pressure of the ideal gas increases to "605 kPa" as the temperature is raised to 125^@ "C". What is the new volume?

1 Answer
Mar 5, 2018

My favorite combined gas law formula
V_2= 0.342 L

Explanation:

List givens, we cannot use temperature in Celsius, so convert to K, with K= C+273:
V_1= 1 L
T_1=298 K
P_1= 155 KPa
V_2=?
P_2=605 KPa
T_2= 398 K

Now Solve for V_2
By rearranging this formula: (V_1P_1)/T_1=(V_2P_2)/T_2
V_2= (V_1P_1T_2)/(T_1P_2)

Now just plug in numbers
V_2= ((1 L)(155 KPa)(398 K))/((298 K)(605 KPa))
V_2= 0.342 L