What pressure must be used to compress 850 mL of argon gas at 146 kPa to 150 mL? (Temperature is held constant.)

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Jesse Faulkner

21 April, 17:13

What pressure must be used to compress 850 mL of argon gas at 146 kPa to 150 mL? (Temperature is held constant.)

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Jordan Leonard · Answer 1

Boyle's law states the relationship between pressure and volume of a gas.

At constant temperature, pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume.

PV = k

P - pressure, V - volume and k - constant

P1V1 = P2V2

parameters for the 1st instance are on the left side and parameters for the 2nd instance are on the right side

146 kPa x 850 mL = P2 x 150 mL

P2 = 827.33 kPa