The temperature of a sample of dinitrogen monoxide is changed with constant volume, causing a change in pressure from 11.5 atm to 3.3 atm. If the starting temperature was 446.5 K, what is the final temperature in Kelvins?

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Explanations:

According to the Gay's Lussac's law, the pressure of a given mass of gas is directly proportional to the temperature provided that the volume is constant. Mathematically;

[tex]\begin{gathered} P\alpha T \\ P=kT \\ k=\frac{P_1}{T_1}=\frac{P_2}{T_2} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Given the following parameters

Initial pressure P1 = 11.5atm

Final pressure P2 = 3.3atm

Initial temperature T1 = 446.5K

Required

Final temperature T2

Substitute the given parameters into the formula

[tex]\begin{gathered} T_2=\frac{P_2T_1}{P_1} \\ T_2=\frac{3.3\times446.5}{11.5} \\ T_2=128.13K \end{gathered}[/tex]

Hence the final temperature in kelvins is 128.13K