The table shows the same glass tube containing mercury in different positions with trapped gas inside.

Find the
pressure and the length of the gas trapped. [ Patm  75 cmHg ]

Glass tube

Pressure of gas

Length of gas trapped l  10 cm x  __________ _ cm y  __________ _ cm

Solve problems(Boyle’s Law) 3) A small mass of gas is trapped by 3cm length

1) A weather balloon is filled with helium gas to a
volume of 30 litres of 1.0 atm pressure. The
balloon is then release. As the balloon rises up
to the sky, its volume increases. What is the
pressure of the helium gas when the volume of
the ballooon increases to 120 litres? [0.25 atm]
mercury in a small tube as shown in the diagram.
The tube is then turned around so that it is
upright. What is the new length of the trapped
gas? [atmospheric pressure = 75 cm Hg] [9.6
cm]

4) Diagram (a) shows a J-shaped contains 6 cm3 of

2) An air bubble of volume 5 cm is released by an
3 air trapped by mercury. Diagram (b) shows
air pump at a depth of 0.5m. Calculate the more mercury is poured into the open tube of
volume of the air bubble when it reaches the the J-shaped until the level differ by 150cm.
surface of the water. [The atmospheric pressure What is the volume, V of the trapped air? [The
= 10m water] [5.25cm3] atmospheric pressure = 75 cm Hg] [2cm3]

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5) The initial volume of the air trapped in the 9) A piston is pushed
cylinder of a hand pump is 650 cm3 and its from A to B. Find
pressure is 102 kPa. The air is then slowly the original length,
compressed to a volume 200 cm3. What is the y cm if the
pressure of the compressed air pump? [3.32 x pressure changes
105 Pa] from 10 Pa at A to
18 Pa at B. [9 cm]

6) A a depth of h m below the water surface, the

volume of an air bubble is 12 mm3. Given that
its volume is 30 mm3 when it is at a depth of 5
m, find the value of h. [atmospheric pressure =
10 m of water] [27.5 m] 10) An air bubble rises to
the surface from the
seabed. What is the
depth of the sea if the
atmospheric pressure is
equivalent to 10 m of
water? [190m]

7) The volume of an air bubble at a 50 m deep

seabed is 250 cm3. If the atmospheric pressure is
10 m of water, find the volume of the air bubble
when it reaches the surface of the sea.[1500
cm3]
Solve problems(Charles’ Law)
1) Complete the table below by converting the unit
of temperature in degree Celsius and Kelvin.
Celsius scale (℃) Kelvin scale (K)
450 K
-22℃

8) A mixture of air and petrol vapour is injected
into the cylinder of a car engine when the
volume of the cylinder is 100cm3. Its pressure is
1.0 atm. The valve is closed and the mixture is
compressed to 20cm3. Find the pressure now.
[5atm]
2) A cylinder contains 200 cm3 of gas at a
temperature of 27℃. The gas is heated until its
temperature increases by 30 ℃ . If the piston of
the cylinder expands under constant pressure,
what is the final volume of the gas? [202cm3]

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3) The diagram shows a glass tube containing some
trapped air inside it. At 17 ℃ , the vertical
column of trapped air is 29cm. What is the
vertical column of trapped air at a temperature
of 57℃? [33cm3]
4) 2.5 m3 of air trapped at 30℃ in an expandable
cylinder is heated at constant temperature. What
is the volume of the air when its temperature
becomes 95℃? [3.04m3]
5) The diagram shows a glass tube containing
some trapped air inside. At 17C , the vertical
column of trapped air is 29 cm.
What is the vertical column of trapped air at a
temperature of 57C ? [33 cm]
6) A gas volume of 20m3 at 37C is heated until
its temperature becomes 87C at constant
pressure. What is the increase in volume? [3.23
m3]
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7) A balloon is filled with air at a temperature of
27  C . Then, the balloon is heated to a
temperature of 77  C . With the pressure kept
constant, find the final volume of the balloon if
its initial volume is 15 cm3. [17.5cm3]
8) The temperature and the volume of a fixed mass
of gas is shown in the table. Find the value of
 in  C if the pressure is kept constant.
[367  C ]
Temperature (  C ) 127 
Volume (cm3) 25 40
9) A gas with the volume of 25cm3 at 37  C is
heated until its temperature become  C at
constant pressure. What is the change in
temperature if the volume after being heated is
30cm3? [ 62  C ]
Solve problems(Pressure’s Law)
1) The pressure of nitrogen gas in a light bulb is 60
kPa at 20 ℃ . Calculate the temperature of the
gas when the pressure inside the bulb rises to
90kPa after the bulb is lighted up. [166.5℃]
2) An iron cylinder containing gas has a pressure
of 360kPa when it is kept in a store at 27 ℃ .
Calculate the pressure of the gas when the
cylinder is moved outdoors where the
temperature is 50℃. [387.6 kPa]
3) A sealed container contains a gas at a pressure
of 4 atmospheres and at a temperature of 27℃.
Find the pressure of the gas in the container if
the temperature is raised to 102℃. [5 atm]
4) A motorcylce tyre is found to posses a pressure
of 3.2 atmospheres when it was tested in a
garage at a temperature of 27 ℃ . By assuming
that the volume of the air in the tyre is fixed,
what is the surrounding temperature if the tyre is
found to posses a pressure of 2.8 atm? [-10.5℃]
5) The pressure and temperature of air in a
container are 40 ℃ and 1.3 x 105 Nm-2
respectively. The container is heated until the
temperature is 75 ℃ . What is the final air
pressure if the volume of the container is fixed?
[1.45 x 105 Nm-2]
6) The air pressure in a container at 33C is
1.4  10 5 Nm 2 . The container is heated until the
temperature is 55C . what is the final air
pressure if the volume of the container is
fixed?[1.5 x 105 Nm-2]
7) The air pressure in a motorcycle tyre is 200kPa
at a temperature of 37  C . What is the air
pressure in the tyre at a temperature of 57  C ?
[Assume that the volume of the air in the tyre is
constant] [212.90kPa]
8) A tyre has air pressure of 25kPa when the
temperature is 47  C . What is the pressure of
the tyre if the temperature is increased to 77  C ?
[27.34kPa]
9) The temperature and the pressure of a fixed
mass of gas are shown in the table. Find the
value of  if the volume of the gas is kept
constant. [ 387  C ]
Temperature (  C ) 57 
Pressure , P (Pa) 1200 2400