Pressure Changes
 

Pressure Changes problem 20


  • Some gas is trapped in a cylinder fitted with a moveable piston. The figure below shows the arrangement.




    Describe how the gas exerts a pressure on the cylinder. Use your ideas about molecules.


  • The piston moves and increases the volume occupied by the gas. The temperature of the gas remains constant. The figure below shows the new position of the piston.




    State and explain what happens to the pressure of the gas on the cylinder.



 

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