The following graph represents the T-V curves of an ideal gas (where T is the temperature and V the volume) at three pressures P1, P2 and P3 compared with those of Charles’s law represented as dotted lines.
Then the correct relation is:
Correct Answer :
P1 > P2 > P3
Solution :
The correct relation is: P₁ > P₂ > P₃
To understand the relationship between the pressures P₁, P₂, and P₃ from the temperature-volume (T-V) graph, we can use the ideal gas law:
where:
• P is the pressure of the gas,
• V is the volume of the gas,
• n is the number of moles of the gas,
• R is the universal gas constant, and
• T is the absolute temperature.
We can rearrange this equation to express temperature (T) as a function of volume (V):
In a T-V graph where temperature (T) is plotted on the vertical y-axis and volume (V) is plotted on the horizontal x-axis, the slope of the curve represents:
Since the number of moles (n) and the gas constant (R) are constant, the slope of each line is directly proportional to the pressure (P) of the gas:
Alternatively, if we draw a vertical line representing a constant volume (V = constant) across the curves, the pressure becomes directly proportional to the temperature:
From the graph, at any given constant volume, the temperature corresponding to the curve for P₁ is the highest, followed by P₂, and then P₃ (T₁ > T₂ > T₃).
Therefore, the corresponding pressures follow the same order: P₁ > P₂ > P₃.
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