Answer to Question #116128 in General Chemistry for Chelse Bell

Question

Use Gay-Lussac’s Law to explain why you should never throw a pressurized aerosol container into a fire. A fire’s temperature is approximately 400oC. (the pressure of a can at 0 .00 oC is 521 kPa)

Answer 1

Gay-Lussac's Law: a direct relationship between pressure and temperature

when volume is held constant; for example - as temperature increases,

pressure increases