A gas at #34# #""^@C# expressed a volume of #10*L# in a piston; what is the new volume at #48# #""^@C#?

1 Answer
May 13, 2017

Old Charles' Law holds that #V_1/T_1=V_2/T_2#, moles and pressure constant.........

Explanation:

Pressure is a constant here, but we know (or should know) that #1*atm# pressure will support a column of mercury that is #760*mm*Hg# tall; this relationship is linear: 1/2 an atmosphere will support a column of mercury that is #380*mm*Hg# tall. A mercury manometer is thus useful to measure laboratory pressures of confined gases.

We also must employ the absolute temperature scale..........

And so #V_2=V_1/T_1xxT_2=(10*L)/(307*K)xx348*K~=11*L#