Imagine that you have an ideal gas in a 8.00L container, and that 2850 molecules of this gas collide with a square-inch area of the container at any given instant.
If the volume is increased to 56.0L at constant temperature, how many collisions will occur per square inch of this larger container?
How do we do this step by step?
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Wouldn't you think that the number of collisions would decrease if you increased the size of the container. Remember pressure is caused by the collision of molecules on a surface.
Yes, that is true but in my notes the professor never gave us a formula to figure it out. It is asking for an exact number of collisions.
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