5.11 A student forgot to add the reaction mixture to the round bottomed flask at 27 °C but instead he/she placed the flask on the flame. After a lapse of time, he realized his mistake, and using a pyrometer he found the temperature of the flask was 477 °C. What fraction of air would have been expelled out?
Assume the round-bottomed flask has volume
so, the volume of air in the flask at .
To find out how much air has been expelled out, we use Charle's Law:
Therefore
Or, Fraction of air expelled