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FishieKissie06
Dec5-05, 10:40 AM
The gas in a constant-volume gas thermometer has a pressure of 87.0kPa at 104*C.

(a)what is the pressure of the gas at 50.0*C?
for this i used the eqn of (87/104)(104-50) like it said in the book and still didnt get the answer right.

kp
Dec5-05, 10:51 AM
use P1/T1 = P2/T2 ...solve for P2

= (P1*T2)/(T1) = P2

don't forget to convert C to Kelvins.

FishieKissie06
Dec5-05, 11:05 AM
but y would i convert to kelvins?

FishieKissie06
Dec5-05, 11:07 AM
but y would i convert to kelvins?

Bystander
Dec5-05, 11:58 AM
"Why Kelvin?" Because there is no temperature scale other than the "absolute," or "thermodynamic" temperature scale, be it Kelvin or Rankine.