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Topic 02: Pressure in Gas

1. ⇒ (NEET 2013 (Karnataka) )

In a vessel, the gas is at pressure P. If the mass of all the molecules is halved and their speed is doubled, then the resultant pressure will be

(A) 2P

(B) P

(C) P/2

(D) 4P

Correct answer is (A)

As P = 1 3 m N V v r m s 2    ...(i)

where m is the mass of each molecule, N is the total number of molecules, V is the volume of the gas. When mass of all the molecules is halved and their speed is doubled, then the pressure will be

P = 1 3 ( m 2 ) × N V × ( 2 v r m s ) 2

= 2 3 m N V v r m s 2 = 2 P    (Using (i))