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Ideal Gas law super easy question
« on: November 10, 2011, 02:18:04 AM »
I'm looking at an answer key to this problem and I believe there's a mistake in it.  Could someone double check this for me?  

A sample of nitrogen gas has a volume of 32.4 L at 20 degrees celsius.  The gas is heated to 220 degrees celsius at constant pressure.  What is the final volume of the nitrogen gas?

Here's how you do it:

Vi/Ti=Tf/Vf

Solve for for Vf:

(Vi)(Ti)/Ti = Vf

Plug in the numbers:

(220)(32.4)/200 = 356 liters


Anyway, the key says the answer is 54.5 L but I believe this is wrong.

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Re: Ideal Gas law super easy question
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2011, 02:52:58 AM »
Answer key is right.

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Re: Ideal Gas law super easy question
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2011, 08:21:18 AM »
My calculus teacher once asked us why do we use radians instead of degrees. Also, 3 students had heart attacks and died.

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