A sample of hydrogen has a volume of 1107 mL when the temperature is 101.9 degC and the pressure is 0.867 atm. What will be the volume of the gas at STP?
1 Answer
Jan 2, 2016
The combined gas law holds that for a given quantity of gas:
Explanation:
We use an absolute scale of temperature,
So
The volume should reasonably decrease even though the pressure increases marginally. Note that I am perfectly justified in retaining non-standard units such as atmospheres and millilitres in that these cancel out. I must use the absolute temperature scale.