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Gas compressionRunning
Gas cylinder. Cylinder volume at 0.0266 m³. Pressure × volume 2699.3 J, nRT 1247.1 J. Currently pressure × volume is over by 1452.198 J.TUNINGNRT2699.3 J0.0266 M³PRESSURE × VOLUME
t = 0.0s

Pressure × volume

2699.3J

nRT

1247.1J

0.0266 m³

Gas cylinder. Cylinder volume at 0.0266 m³. Pressure × volume 2699.3 J, nRT 1247.1 J. Currently pressure × volume is over by 1452.198 J.

What has to balancePV=nRTPV = nRT

What is happening

You arrive at a diving cylinder being refilled at a coastal station.

The pressure gauge refuses to settle. 0.5 mol of gas sits at 300 K and one atmosphere, and the cylinder volume is set wrong.