An empty aerosol-spray can at room temperature (20 degrees celcius) is thrown into an incinerator where the temperature reaches 625 degrees celcius. If the gas inside the empty container was initially at a pressure of 1 atm, what pressure did it reach inside the incinerator? Assume the gas was at constant volume and the can did not explode. Answer in units of atm.

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Lorelai Fitzgerald

29 November, 15:50

An empty aerosol-spray can at room temperature (20 degrees celcius) is thrown into an incinerator where the temperature reaches 625 degrees celcius. If the gas inside the empty container was initially at a pressure of 1 atm, what pressure did it reach inside the incinerator? Assume the gas was at constant volume and the can did not explode. Answer in units of atm.

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Maggie Taylor · Answer 1

Answer: well there was still gas in the can

Explanation: so by putting it in the incinerator the gas in the can got hotter and hotter etc. and you got yourself your thermal reaction