Academic Subjects
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Chemistry
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General Chemistry
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Gases
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Calculating Change In Pressure Of Heated Gas
Determine the
pressure change
when a constant volume of gas at
1.00 atm
is heated from
20.0℃
to
303 K
?
We're dealing with a gas here, so keeping the Ideal Gas Law
p
V
=
n
R
T
in mind, is a good idea
Since we're not interested in the type of gas, i.e. moles (so we don't need R either)
and the volume remains constant,
p
V
=
n
R
T
we'll end up with
p
=
T
, also called
Gay-Lussac's Law
Now, we can set up a ratio
p
inital
/
p
final
=
T
inital
/
T
final
converting T
20
°C
+ 273.15 = 293.15
K
1
atm
/
p
=
293.15
K
/
303
K
p
=
[(1
atm
)(303
K
)]
/
293.15
K
p
final
= 1.0336 atm
The pressure change of this gas is + 0.0336 atm