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If a gas in a cylinder initially at 30°C and at a pressure of 1.03 x 10^5 pa is compressed to one sixth of its...

If a gas in a cylinder initially at 30⁰C and at a pressure of 1.03 x 10^5 pa is compressed to one sixth of its original volume. Determine the pressure required to do this.

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joseph
P1 = 1.03 x 10^5 , let the original volume be v1 and final volume v2 = 1/6 v1 then
P1V1 = P2V2
P2 =( P1V1)/V2
= (1.03 X 10^5)V1/(V11/6)
= 6.18 X 10^5 N/m^2

joseph rimiru answered the question on October 12, 2017 at 16:35

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