What is the volume occupied by 33.0 liters of gas at 4.0 atm after it has been compressed at constant temperature to 0.60 atm?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-15T03:41:29

$220 L$ $"220 L"$

Ideal gas equation

$PV = nRT$ $"PV = nRT"$

At constant $T$ $"T"$

$P \propto \frac{1}{V}$ $"P" prop 1/"V"$

$P_{1} V_{1} = P_{2} V_{2}$ $"P"_1"V"_1 = "P"_2"V"_2$

$"V"_2 = ("P"_1"V"_1)/"P"_2 = (4.0 cancel"atm" × "33.0 L")/(0.60 cancel"atm") = "220 L"$