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Date May 2010 Marks available 1 Reference code 10M.1.HL.TZ1.13
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 1
Command term Question number 13 Adapted from N/A

Question

The behaviour of a monatomic gas such as helium will approximate to that of an ideal gas when it is kept at

A.     a temperature close to absolute zero.

B.     low pressure.

C.     very high pressure.

D.     very high temperature.

Markscheme

B

Examiners report

B is clearly the best response even though it does not read ‘very low pressure’.

Syllabus sections

Core » Topic 3: Thermal physics » 3.2 – Modelling a gas
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