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

1 Answer
May 13, 2017

Old Charles' Law holds that V1T1=V2T2, moles and pressure constant.........

Explanation:

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

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

And so V2=V1T1×T2=10L307K×348K11L