What is the volume of the gas after the explosion in the following problem?
In a thermonuclear device the pressure of 0.050 liters of gas within the bomb casing reaches 4.0 x 10^64.0x106 atm. When the bomb casing is destroyed by the explosion. the gas is released into the atmosphere where it reaches a pressure of 1.00 atm.
In a thermonuclear device the pressure of 0.050 liters of gas within the bomb casing reaches
1 Answer
Nov 5, 2016
The volume of the gas is
Explanation:
This appears to be a Boyle's Law problem.
Boyle's Law is
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We can rearrange Boyle's Law to get
V_2 = V_1 × P_1/P_2
In this problem,
∴