Question

The cylinders are placed in separate, identical insulating boxes that contain identical amounts of an ice and water mixture at 0c. after both gas samples have come to thermal equilibrium with the ice and water mixture in their respective boxes, it is observed that some ice remains.
a.is the final temperature of the gas in cylinder a greater than, less than, or equal to the final temperature of the gas in cylinder b? explain.

Answer 1

The final temperature of gas in the cylinder with the ice is less than the one without the ice. If there's no ice that means it reached a final temperature greater than the freezing point of water (0°C) while the one with ice never got above this temp, hence the ice.