An aerosol can with a temperature of 292 k and a pressure of 1.25 atm was left outside in the sun on a hot summer day. the pressure inside the can rose to 1.33 atm. what was the resulting temperature in the can?
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310.69K

Explanation:

Given parameters:

Initial temperature T₁ = 292K

Initial pressure P₁ = 1.25atm

Final pressure P₂ = 1.33atm

Unknown:

Final temperature T₂ = ?

Solution

To find the unkown, we need to apply the combined gas law. From the combined gas law, it can be deduced that at constant volume, the pressure of a give mass or mole of gas varies directly with the absolute temperature.

Since the same aerosol can is heated, the volume is constant.

          =  

Now, we have to make T₂ the subject of the formula:

      T₂ =  

       T₂ =   =  310.69K

part 1: the half-life of the element is 22 years.

part 2: it will take 132.02 year for the sample to decay from 308.0 g to 4.8125 g.

explanation:

part 1: there are two ways to determine the half life time.

first way: the half life time can be determined directly from its definition as it is the time required for the sample to decay to its half concentration.

from the data the initial concentration was 45.0 g and decayed to its half value (22.5 g) in 22.0 years.

second way: the radio active decay is considered first order reaction so we can use the laws of first order reactions.

k = (1/t) ln (a/a-x), where k is the rate constant of the reaction,

t is the time of the reaction

a is the initial concentration of the reactant

a-x is the remaining concentration at time (t)

a = 45.0 g the initial concentration at t = 0 year.

at t = 22 year, a-x = 22.5 g

then k = (1/22 year) ln (45.0 g/ 22.5 g) = 0.0315 year-1.

the half-life time (t1/2) = ln 2/ k = 0.693/ k =0.693/ 0.0315 = 22 years.

part 2:

using the same law k = (1/t) ln (a/a-x),

using the given data; a = 308.0 g and a-x = 4.8125 g and the calculated k from the part 1 (k = 0.0315 year-1)

t = (1/k) ln (a/a-x) = (1/0.0315) ln (308.0/ 4.8125) = 132.02 years