Chapter 11, Problem 11.46QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The final volume of the given balloon has to be calculated.

Concept Introduction:

Gases laws each relate one thermodynamic variable to another mathematically while holding everything else constant.  Charles's law states that volume and temperature are directly proportional to each other as long as pressure is held constant.  Finally, Gay-Lussac's law introduces a direct proportionality between temperature and pressure as long as it is at a constant volume.

$\frac{{\text{P}}_{\text{1}}{\text{V}}_{\text{1}}}{{\text{T}}_{\text{1}}}\text{=}\frac{{\text{P}}_{\text{2}}{\text{V}}_{\text{2}}}{{\text{T}}_{\text{2}}}$