Consider a sample of gas in a container on a comfortable spring day.The Celsius temperature suddenly doubles,and you transfer the gas to a container with twice the volume of the first container.If the original pressure was 12 atm,what is a good estimate for the new pressure?
A)3 atm
B)5.5 atm
C)6.4 atm
D)12 atm
E)15 atm

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Doubling the Celsius temperature approximately doubles the Kelvin temperature, and doubling the volume halves the pressure. Therefore, the new pressure is about $12 atm \times \frac{1}{2} = 6 atm$, making 6.4 atm (C) the closest estimate.

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