A cylinder is filled with 10.0 L of gas and a piston is put into it. The initial pressure of the gas is measured to be 163 kPa. The piston is now pushed down, compressing the gas, until the gas has a final volume of 4.40 L.

a) Calculate the final pressure of the gas. Round your answer to 3 significant digits.

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Answer:

The final pressure of the gas is 370. kPa

Explanation:

Let's assume the gas inside cylinder behaves ideally.

As amount of gas remains constant in both state therefore in accordance with combined gas law for an ideal gas-

                                         [tex]\frac{P_{1}V_{1}}{T_{1}}=\frac{P_{2}V_{2}}{T_{2}}[/tex]

where [tex]P_{1}[/tex] and [tex]P_{2}[/tex] are initial and final pressure respectively.

           [tex]V_{1}[/tex] and [tex]V_{2}[/tex] are initial and final volume respectively.

           [tex]T_{1}[/tex] and [tex]T_{2}[/tex] are initial and final temperature in kelvin scale respectively.

Another assumption is necessary to solve this problem which is the process should be isothermal.

So [tex]T_{1}=T_{2}[/tex] , [tex]V_{1}=10.0L[/tex] , [tex]P_{1}=163kPa[/tex] and [tex]V_{2}=4.40L[/tex]

Hence    [tex]P_{2}=\frac{P_{1}V_{1}}{V_{2}}[/tex]

            [tex]\Rightarrow P_{2}=\frac{(163kPa)\times (10.0L)}{4.40L}[/tex]

            [tex]\Rightarrow P_{2}=370.kPa[/tex]

So the final pressure of the gas is 370. kPa