A Cylinder Contains Oxygen Gas at a Temperature of 7ºC

question 74

Multiple Choice

A cylinder contains oxygen gas at a temperature of 7ºC and a pressure of 15 atm in a volume of 100 L.A fitted piston is lowered into the cylinder,decreasing the volume occupied by the gas to 80 L and raising the temperature to 40ºC.The gas pressure is now approximately

• A)3040 atm
• B)595 atm
• C)108 atm
• D)21 atm
• E)17 atm

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