Calculate the work done in Kilojoules gained by a system when a gas is compressed with a pressure of 310atm from 210L to 5.9L ?

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Junaid Mirza
Apr 23, 2018

Approximately #"6411 kJ"#

Explanation:

Work done on the gas at constant pressure is given as

#"W = -PΔV"#

#"W = -310 atm × (5.9 L - 210 L) = 63271 L atm"#

Convert #"L atm"# to #"kJ"#

#"W" = 63271 cancel("L atm") × "0.101325 kJ"/(1 cancel"L atm") ≈ "6411 kJ"#

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