Can anyone help me answer these questions using Boyles’ Law with work?

January 13th, 2008 by admin | Filed under Chemistry.

Joesph P asked:


1)In a thermonuclear device, the pressure of 0.050 liters of gas within the bomb casing reaches 4.0 x 106 atm. When the bomb casing is destroyed by the explosion, the gas is released into the atmosphere where it reaches a pressure of 1.00 atm. What is the volume of the gas after the explosion?

2)Synthetic diamonds can be manufactured at pressures of 6.00 x 104 atm. If we took 2.00 liters of gas at 1.00 atm and compressed it to a pressure of 6.00 x 104 atm, what would the volume of that gas be?

Tags: Atmosphere, Explosion 2, Synthetic Diamonds

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One Response to “Can anyone help me answer these questions using Boyles’ Law with work?”

1. Josh | 14/01/08

   p1v1=p2v2
   #1 (4.0×10^6atm)(0.050L) = (1.0atm)(x L)
   x L = 2.0 x 10^5

   #2 (1atm)(2.0L) = (6.00 x 10^4)(x L)
   x L = 3.33 x 10^-5