A titanium canister filled with compressed argon gas is used for thermal insulation testing in an aerospace laboratory.
Use kinetic theory to explain how the argon gas particles exert a pressure on the internal walls of the canister.
The canister displays the following warning label:
CAUTION Pressurised vessel. Do not store in environments exceeding 50 ∘C50\text{ }^{\circ}\text{C}50 ∘C.
Describe how increasing the temperature of the argon gas would affect the pressure inside the canister.
Explain your answer in terms of the motion and energy of the gas particles.
The canister has an internal volume of 480 cm3, and the pressure of the argon inside is 8 times atmospheric pressure.
Determine the volume that this argon gas would occupy if it were completely discharged into a chamber at atmospheric pressure, assuming the temperature is kept constant.