Ideal Gas Pressure at Absolute Zero – Rankers Physics
Topic: Thermal Physics
Subtopic: Thermodynamics

Ideal Gas Pressure at Absolute Zero

Assertion (A): At \(0K\), pressure of an ideal gas becomes zero.
Reason (R): At \(0K\), according to ideal gas equation \(PV = 0\), volume cannot be zero hence pressure should be zero to satisfy this equation.
 
Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
Both (A) and (R) are false

Solution:

From the ideal gas equation \(PV = nRT\), if \(T = 0K\), then \(PV = 0\). Since volume \(V\) cannot be zero, pressure \(P\) must be zero. Reason (R) directly explains Assertion (A).

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