A research team is studying the behavior of nitrogen gas (N2) under different conditions of temperature and pressure. They begin by filling a rigid 5.00 L container with 1.00 mol of nitrogen gas at a temperature of 300 K. Utilizing the ideal gas law and investigating the conditions under which the gas exhibits non-ideal behavior, they observe that by increasing the temperature to 600 K while maintaining the volume constant, the pressure in the container rises significantly.
They also explore the scenario of compressing the gas to half its original volume at the initial temperature. The team notes that the increase in pressure does not simply follow Boyle’s law due to the intermolecular forces becoming significant at higher densities. They conclude that they must account for deviations from ideal gas behavior, especially at high pressures and low temperatures.
Based on the above experiment, which of the following statements about the pressure of the nitrogen gas throughout these scenarios is most accurate?