The Gas Laws Wrap-Up

1. How hot will a 500 mL balloon have to get to expand to a volume of 60.0 L? Assume that the initial
temperature of the balloon is 0˚C.

T2 = ?
Use Charles’ Law

2. In a thermonuclear device, the pressure of 0.075 liters of gas within the bomb casing reaches 3.0 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 1.50 atm. What is the volume of the gas after the explosion?

V2 = ?
Use Boyle’s Law

3. An 8.00 L sample of neon gas at a temperature of 23˚C exerts a pressure of 900.0 kPa. If the gas is
compressed to 2.00 L and the temperature is raised to 225˚C, what will be the new pressure?

P2 = ?
Use the Combined Gas Law

4. A cylinder contains a gas at standard pressure and at a temperature of 300˚C. Find the temperature of the
gas which has a pressure of 150 kPa.

T2 = ?
Use Gay-Lussac’s Law

5. The temperature inside a refrigerator is about 3˚Celsius. If a balloon is placed in a refrigerator that
initially has a temperature of 25˚C and a volume of 56.0 mL, what will be the change in volume of the
balloon when it is fully cooled by the refrigerator?

ΔV = V2 – V1 V2 = ?
Use Charles’ Law

Answers:
1. T2 = 32760 K
2. V2 = 150 000 L
3. P2 = 6056.75 kPa
4. T2 = 848.5 K
5. V2 = 51.87 mL
ΔV = 4.13 mL