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To what temperature must a sample of nitrogen at 27°C and 0.625 atm be taken so that it’s pressure becomes 1.125 atm at constant volume?

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The sample of nitrogen must be taken to 267 [tex]^{0}\textrm{C}[/tex].

Explanation:

Let's assume nitrogen gas behaves ideally.

Here amount of nitrogen gas in both states remain constant.

So, in accordance with combined gas law for a given amount of an ideal gas in two different states:            [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.

Here [tex]V_{1}=V_{2}[/tex] , [tex]P_{1}=0.625atm[/tex] , [tex]T_{1}=(273+27)K=300K[/tex] and [tex]P_{2}=1.125atm[/tex]

So [tex]T_{2}=\frac{P_{2}T_{1}}{P_{1}}=\frac{(1.125atm)\times (300K)}{(0.625atm)}=540K[/tex]

540 K = (540-273) [tex]^{0}\textrm{C}[/tex] = 267 [tex]^{0}\textrm{C}[/tex]

So the sample of nitrogen must be taken to 267 [tex]^{0}\textrm{C}[/tex].

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