Question

Gas in a balloon of 2 litre volume is released into an empty vessel of volume 7litre.What will be the volume of the gas

Answer 1

Volume of gas not fixed its occupies the volume of container so, the new volume equal 7 L

Answer 2

In gaseous system,the inter molecular force of attraction between gas molecules is very negligible.Hence gas has no specific shape.It acquirs the volume of container.When gas in a balloon of 2 litre volume is released into an empty vessel of volume 7 litre, the volume of the gas will be 7 litre. The reason behind this is that the volume of final vessel is 7 litre.