A Cylinder with a Piston Contains 2

question 53

Multiple Choice

A cylinder with a piston contains 2.00 liters of an ideal monatomic gas at 1.00 atm and 275 K.The gas is subject to an adiabatic compression and its pressure increases to four times its initial pressure.What is the volume after the compression?

• A)0.50 liters
• B)0.95 liters
• C)0.87 liters
• D)0.46 liters

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