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A sample of a gas is placed inside a cylinder that is a fixed size. The cylinder is heated as additional gas is added to it. What will most likely happen to the pressure of the gas inside the cylinder?
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The pressure will increase.
Reason: for a fixed volume V the ideal gas law gives P = nRT/V. Heating raises T and adding gas raises n, so both changes increase P. Microscopically, there are more molecules striking the walls and each strike is more energetic, so the wall collisions (pressure) go up.
Reason: for a fixed volume V the ideal gas law gives P = nRT/V. Heating raises T and adding gas raises n, so both changes increase P. Microscopically, there are more molecules striking the walls and each strike is more energetic, so the wall collisions (pressure) go up.
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