Two hundred liters of gas at zero degrees Celsius are kept under a pressure of 150 kPa. The temperature of the gas is raised to 273 degrees Celsius and the pressure is increased to 600 kPa. What is the new volume?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-23T20:58:01

Well, #(P_1V_1)/T_1=(P_2V_2)/T_2#...temperature is specified to be absolute...#0*K=-273.15*K#

...according to the combined gas equation...

We solve for....#V_2=(P_1V_1)/T_1xxT_2/P_2#

#=(150*kPaxx200*L)/(273*K)xx(546*K)/(600*kPa)=??*L#