g3nius427
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pressure of a closed system
If i have a closed tank with .5 atm and a closed tank with 1 atm and i mix them will the new pressure be .75 atm?
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neutrino
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That's a question ov volume. For example, if the 1 atm tank is 1mL and the .5 atm tank is 10L, the pressure will be closer to .5 atm.
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cyclonite4
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Use pV(T)=pV(1) + pV(2)
T for total pressure and volume
1 for pressure*volume of one gas
2 for pressure*volume of the other gas
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