Determine the pressure change when a constant volume of gas at 1.00 atm is heated from 20.0 ˚C to 30.0 ˚C.
1 Answer
May 8, 2014
The pressure increases by 0.03 atm.
This problem involves Gay-Lussac's Law. It states that the pressure exerted on the sides of a container by an ideal gas of fixed volume is proportional to its temperature.
We know
The pressure increases by 0.03 atm.
This makes sense. The temperature increases by 10 parts in 300 or 3 parts in 100 (3 %). So the pressure should increase by about 3 % (0.03 atm).