Question #dd7e8

1 Answer
Jun 27, 2016

"140 atm"

Explanation:

The trick here is to realize that when volume and number of moles of gas are kept constant, pressure and temperature have a direct relationship as described by Gay Lussac's Law.

In other words, when volume and number of moles are constant, increasing a gas' temperature will cause its pressure to increase, and decreasing the gas' temperature will cause its pressure to decrease.

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In your case, the temperature of the gas increases from "428 K" to "684 K", which can only mean that its pressure increased as well.

Mathematically, Gay Lussac's Law can be written as

color(blue)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)P_1/T_1 = P_2/T_2color(white)(a/a)|)))" ", where

P_1, T_1 - the pressure and temperature of the gas at an initial state
P_2, T_2 - the pressure and temperature of the gas at final state

Rearrange the equation to solve for P_2

P_1/T_1 = P_2/T_2 implies P_2 = T_2/T_1 * P_1

Plug in your values to find

P_2 = (684 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("K"))))/(428color(red)(cancel(color(black)("K")))) * "86 atm" = color(green)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)color(black)("140 atm")color(white)(a/a)|)))

The answer is rounded to two sig figs, the number of sig figs you have for the initial pressure of the gas.