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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Gas Law - Boyle's Law

Category: Chemical Engineering Math

"Published in Newark, California, USA"

What pressure is required to compress 5 liters of gas at 1 atm pressure to 1 liter at a constant temperature?

Solution:

At the given problem, if the temperature is constant during the compression of a gas, then it is a principle of Boyle's Law. The volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure. The equation for Boyle's Law can be written as follows



                                  or

Therefore, the pressure of a gas after it is compressed to 1 liter is