EBK ESSENTIAL UNIVERSITY PHYSICS, VOLUM
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Chapter 16, Problem 43P
A constant-volume gas thermometer is filled with air whose pressure is 101 kPa at the normal melting point of ice. What would its pressure be at (a) the normal boiling point of water (373 K), (b) the normal boiling point of oxygen (90.2 K), and (c) the normal boiling point of mercury (630 K)?
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