Question

In an industrial process, the temperature of a fixed amount of gas in a rigid container drops from 50 degrees Celsius to 25 degrees Celsius. What will be the final pressure in the container if the initial pressure is 3.6 atmospheres?

1.8 atm

3.3 atm

3.9 atm

7.2 atm

Answer 1

use Charles' Law\[\frac{P_1}{T_1} = \frac{P_2}{T_2}\]and solve for \(T_2\).

just be sure to convert the temperatures into Kelvin, first