Tank of pressurized air to loosen bolts

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Car mechanics often use compressed air tools for loosening bolts, and a tank of pressurized air can serve as an alternative to an air compressor. A 50 L air tank at 50 bars can operate a bolt wrench requiring at least 10 bar pressure. The challenge is to determine how long the wrench can be used outdoors at -20 °C, given it consumes 200 L/min at normal pressure of 1.0 bar. The discussion highlights the need to apply the ideal gas law to find the initial number of moles to solve the problem. Understanding these parameters is crucial for calculating the effective usage time of the bolt wrench.
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Car mechanics use compressed air tools to open bolts. Instead of using an air compressor one can also use a tank of pressurized air. There is an air tank with a volume of 50 L to work with. The pressure of the tank is 50 bars when it is stored indoors at 20 °C. The bolt wrench needs at least 10 bar pressure to operate. How long can the mechanics use the bolt wrench outdoors at -20 °C if it consumes 200 L/min of air at normal pressure? The normal pressure is 1.0 bar
 
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i haven't tried anything yet i found this on a entrance exam to a university and I've been stuck on it for a while
 
yassine said:
i haven't tried anything yet i found this on a entrance exam to a university and I've been stuck on it for a while
What part are you stuck on? You must show some effort.
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
What part are you stuck on? You must show some effort.

i tried to use P(delta)V=nR(delta)T to calculate the change in pressure but since the problem lacks on n i can't do that
 
yassine said:
i tried to use P(delta)V=nR(delta)T to calculate the change in pressure but since the problem lacks on n i can't do that
You know the volume of the tank, the initial temperature, and the initial pressure. From the ideal gas law, what is the initial number of moles n?

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