What was the temperature of 180 L of acetone before it was heated to 72 C and increased to a volume of 210 L (consider acetone as an ideal gas)

Respuesta :

In order to determine the initial termperature of the acetone, consider it as an idel gas. Then, you can write the following relation between volumes and temperatures:

[tex]\frac{P_1V_1}{T_1}=\frac{P_2V_2}{T_2}[/tex]

In this case, consider that the pressure is constant, then, P1=P2=P.

You cancel out pressure from the previous equation, solve for T1 and replace the values of the other parameters, as follow:

[tex]\begin{gathered} T_1=T_2\frac{V_1}{V_2} \\ T_1=(72C)(\frac{180L}{210L}) \\ T_1\approx61.7C \end{gathered}[/tex]

Hence, the initial temperature of the acetone was approximately 61.7°C