A gas is held at 3.8 atm and 500 K. If the pressure is then decreased to 1.2 atm, what will the new temperature be?
1 Answer
Mar 18, 2017
The final temperature will be
Explanation:
This question involves Gay-Lussac's law to answer, which states that the pressure of a given amount of gas held at constant volume is directly proportional to the Kelvin temperature.
This means that as the pressure goes up, the temperature also goes up, and vice-versa.
The equation to use is:
where
Given/Known Information
Unknown:
Solution
Rearrange the equation to isolate