A cylinder of compressed gas is at a temperature of 23 degrees. It is cooled until it reaches the pressure of 2000kPa. It has to be cooled to 90K before this happens. Calculate the starting pressure of the gas

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A cylinder of compressed gas is at a temperature of 23°C. It is cooled until it reaches the pressure of 2000kPa. It has to be cooled to 90K before this happens. Calculate the starting pressure of the gas

Starting pressure = 604 KPa

Explanation:

We are given;

Initial temperature; T1 =23°C = 298 K

Final temperature; T2 = 90 K

Final pressure; P2 = 2000 KPa

From gay lussac's law, we know that;

P1•T1 = P2•T2

P1 = (P2•T2)/T1

P1 = (2000 × 90)/298

P1 ≈ 604 KPa

hi there!

out of the two, (b) precision would be more reasonable.   however, both a and b could be pretty reasonable.

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