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If a gas is moved from a large container to a small container but its temperature and number of moles remain the same, what would happen to the pressure of the gas?

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Compress and explode.
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Step-by-step explanation:

According to ideal gas law, product of pressure and volume equals the product of number of moles, gas constant and temperature.

Mathematically, PV = nRT

Therefore, it can be seen that volume is inversely proportional to pressure. So, when gas is moved from a large container to a small container then it means volume of container is reduced.

Hence, pressure on the gas will increase and this will tend to compress the gas.

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