APPLICATION To squeeze a given amount of air into a smaller and smaller volume, you have

Chapter 2, Problem 12

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APPLICATION To squeeze a given amount of air into a smaller and smaller volume, you have to apply more and more pressure. Boyles law describes the inverse variation between the volume of a gas and the pressure exerted on it. Suppose you start with a 1L open container of air. If you put a plunger at the top of the container without applying any additional pressure, the pressure inside the container will be the same as the pressure outside the container, or 1 atmosphere (atm). a. What will the pressure in atmospheres be if you push the plunger down until the volume of air is 0.5 L? b. What will the pressure in atmospheres be if you push the plunger down until the volume of air is 0.25 L? c. Suppose you exert enough pressure so that the pressure in the container is 10 atm.What will the volume of the air be? d. What would you have to do to make the pressure inside the container less than 1 atm? e. Graph this relationship, with pressure (in atmospheres) on the horizontal axis and volume (in liters) on the vertical axis.