Chemistry (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
ISBN 10: 0078021529
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-152-7

Chapter 10 - Questions and Problems - Page 471: 10.22

Answer

$P_2=21atm$

Work Step by Step

The required pressure can be determined as follows: According to Boyle's law $P_1V_1=P_2V_2$ This can be rearranged as $P_2=\frac{P_1V_1}{V_2}$ As given that $V_2=\frac{1}{4}V_1$ $\implies P_2=\frac{5.3atm \times V_1}{\frac{1}{4}V_1}$ This simplifies to: $P_2=21atm$
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