What is the temperature of 0.80 mol of a gas stored in a 275 mL cylinder at 175 kPa?

1 Answer
Jun 1, 2017

7.247.24 "K"K

Explanation:

First, let's express pressure PP in "Pa"Pa and volume VV in "m"^(3)m3:

Rightarrow P = 175P=175 "kPa"kPa

Rightarrow P = 1.75 times 10^(5)P=1.75×105 "Pa"Pa

"and"and

Rightarrow V = 275V=275 "ml"ml

Rightarrow V = 2.75 times 10^(- 4)V=2.75×104 "m"^(3)m3

Then, let's solve the ideal gas law P V = n R TPV=nRT for temperature TT:

Rightarrow P V = n R TPV=nRT

Rightarrow T = frac(P V)(n R)T=PVnR

Substituting the appropriate values into the equation:

Rightarrow T = frac(1.75 times 10^(5) times 2.75 times 10^(- 4))(0.80 times 8.314)T=1.75×105×2.75×1040.80×8.314 "K"K

Rightarrow T = frac(48.125)(6.6512)T=48.1256.6512 "K"K

therefore T approx 7.24 "K"

Therefore, the temperature is around 7.24 "K".