A gas is held at 3.8 atm and 500 K. If the pressure is then decreased to 1.2 atm, what will the new temperature be?
1 Answer
Mar 21, 2017
Explanation:
By changing the physical conditions like pressure, temperature and volume of the gas, the moles of the gas remain constant.
According to the ideal gas equation,
The volume of the process is also constant . As, according to the Avogadro's law,
So,
So, the new temperature will be