Assume that you have a cylinder with a movable piston. What would happen to the gas pressure inside the cylinder if you were to do the following? (c) Decrease the volume by 45% at constant T
Ch.10 - Gases: Their Properties & Behavior
Capitolo 10, Problema 49a
Assume that you have a cylinder with a movable piston. What would happen to the gas volume of the cylinder if you were to do the following? (a) Halve the Kelvin temperature while holding the pressure constant
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Identify the initial conditions and the changes applied to the system. In this case, the initial condition is the gas in the cylinder at a certain temperature and pressure, and the change is halving the Kelvin temperature while keeping the pressure constant.
Recall the ideal gas law, which is expressed as PV = nRT, where P is the pressure, V is the volume, n is the number of moles of gas, R is the ideal gas constant, and T is the temperature in Kelvin.
Understand that since the pressure (P) and the number of moles of gas (n) are held constant, and R is a constant, the relationship between volume (V) and temperature (T) can be simplified to V \(\propto\) T. This means that the volume is directly proportional to the temperature.
Apply the direct proportionality to predict the effect of the temperature change. If the temperature is halved (T becomes T/2), then the volume will also be halved (V becomes V/2) to maintain the equation V \(\propto\) T.
Conclude that when the Kelvin temperature of the gas is halved while keeping the pressure constant, the volume of the gas in the cylinder will also be halved.

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