A gas occupies 5 L at20 °C and 1 atm. What is its volume at 2 atm and 27 °C?
1 Answer
May 28, 2017
The volume will be 2.6 L.
This looks like a case where we can use the combined gas laws:
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We can rearrange this formula to get
#V_2 = V_1 × p_1/p_2 × T_2/T_1#
NTP is 1 atm and 20 °C, so
∴