A bubble of air is underwater at temperature 15 and the pressure 1.5 bar. If the bubble rises to the surface where the temperature is 25 and the pressure is 1.0 bar, what will happen to the volume of the bubble?
- Volume will become greater by a factor of 1.6.
- Volume will become greater by a factor of 1.1.
- Volume will become smaller by a factor of 0.70.
- Volume will become greater by a factor of 2.5.
Answer
(1) Volume will become greater by a factor of 1.6.
Solution
Combined gas law: p1V1T1 = p2V2T2
V2V1 = p1T2p2T1
= 1.5 2981.0 288
= 1.55 1.6
The volume becomes greater by a factor of about 1.6.
Answer: (1)