An Ideal Gas with an Initial Volume of 3 L

question 15

Multiple Choice

An ideal gas with an initial volume of 3 L at a pressure of 2 atm is compressed adiabatically until it has a volume of 2 L; then it is cooled at constant volume until its temperature drops to its initial value. The final pressure is

• A) atm.
• B) 2 atm.
• C) 3 atm.
• D) 4/3 atm.
• E) 6 atm.

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