A container with a volume of #5# #L# contains a gas with a temperature of #360# #K#. If the temperature of the gas changes to #120# #K# without any change in pressure, what must the container's new volume be?
1 Answer
Feb 14, 2016
Start with the 'combined gas law':
Rearranging,
Explanation:
There are a number of different gas laws that link the pressure, temperature and volume of gases.
You could memorise Boyle's Law, Charles' Law and Gay Lussac's Law. I find it simpler, though, to just learn the Combined Gas Law that combines all of them, and then eliminate the things I don't need.
More understanding, less memory: my approach to learning physics. ;-)