Question 1

Multiple choiceMedium1 mark

A fixed amount of an ideal gas is heated from 300 K to 600 K while its pressure increases from 1.0 × 10⁵ Pa to 2.0 × 10⁵ Pa. What happens to its volume and molar volume?

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Answer: B. The molar volume is V/n=RT/PV/n = RT/P Both TT and PP double, so T/PT/P and the molar volume remain unchanged; with the amount fixed, the volume also remains unchanged.
A: considers the pressure increase but ignores the effect of the doubled temperature.
C: considers the temperature increase but ignores the effect of the doubled pressure.
D: multiplies the temperature and pressure factors instead of using their ratio.
Remember: at fixed amount, volume changes in the same proportion as molar volume.

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