Question

A cylindrical tank has a tight-fitting piston that allows the volume of the tank to be changed. The tank originally contains air with a volume of 0.175 m^3 at a pressure of 0.350 atm. The piston is slowly pulled out until the volume of the gas is increased to 0.365 m^3.

Required:
If the temperature remains constant, what is the final value of the pressure?

Answer 1

the value of the final pressure is 0.168 atm

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the data in the question;

Let p₁ be initial pressure, v₁ be initial volume.

After expansion, p₂ is final pressure and v₂ is final volume.

So using the following equations;

p₁v₁ = nRT

p₂v₂ = nRT

hence, p₁v₁ = p₂v₂

we find p₂

p₂ = p₁v₁ / v₂

given that; initial volume v₁ = 0.175 m³, Initial pressure p₁ = 0.350 atm,

final volume v₂ = 0.365 m³

we substitute

p₂ = ( 0.350 atm × 0.175 m³ ) / 0.365 m³

p₂ = 0.06125 atm-m³ / 0.365 m³

p₂ = 0.168 atm

Therefore, the value of the final pressure is 0.168 atm