An ideal gas at constant pressure is heated so that its volume quadruples.

PHYSICS · Multi-part · A Level · Physics · Further mechanics and thermal physics · Further mechanics and thermal physics

Problem

An ideal gas at constant pressure is heated so that its volume quadruples. (1) What will happen to its absolute temperature? (2) What has happened to the average speed of the molecules?

Related theory

Kinetic Theory of Gases
Ideal Gas Law
Equation of State
Ideal gas equation
Ideal gas equation and absolute temperature
Thermal Properties of Matter
Thermodynamics

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