According to the ideal gas law, what happens to the volume of a gas when the temperature doubles(all else held constant)
If the temperature doubles, then the volume of the gas also doubles because temperature is proportional to volume according to the idealĀ gas law. Hope this helps.
Answer:
The volume will double too
Explanation:
The ideal gas law is the following:
PV = nRT
Now, in order to know what happens to the volume of a gas if temperature is doubled, let's write an expression for temperature for both conditions:
T1 = PV1/nR
T2 = PV2/nR
We know that Temperature is being duplicated so T2 = 2T1. Replacing in the expression we have:
2T1 = PV2/nR
Replacing T1 here we have:
2PV1/nR = PV2/nR
In this expression, P, n and R cancels out, because they remain constant so, all we have left is:
2V1 = V2
This means that if we double the temperature, the volume will double too and they directly proportional to pressure and temperature.