A 3.6*L volume of gas at 1.0*atm is compressed to give a pressure of 2.5*atm. What is the new volume?

1 Answer
Jan 3, 2018

Well, what does old Boyle's law say?

Explanation:

Boyle's law holds that at constant temperature, and constant mass of gas, the product PV=k....equivalently....P_1V_1=P_2V_2..

And so we solve for V_2=(P_1V_1)/P_2

=(3.60*Lxx1.00*atm)/(2.50*atm)=??*L