http://www.ck12.org Chapter 14. The Behavior of Gases
- Explain the noise that occurs when a vacuum-packed item such as a can of potato chips is opened.
- Liquid nitrogen is an extremely cold liquid (77 K) used for storage purposes. What would happen to an inflated
balloon placed in a container of liquid nitrogen for several minutes? What would happen when the balloon
was removed?
Further Reading / Supplemental Links
- PressureandtheGasLaws, (http://www.indiana.edu/~geog109/topics/10_ForcesWinds/GasPressWeb/PressGasLaws.html
- GasLaws, (http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch4/gaslaws3.html
- Simulations to help you understand gas properties:
- Balloons and Buoyancy http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons-and-buoyancy.
- Gas Properties http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/gas-properties
Points to Consider
The relationships between pressure, volume, temperature, and amount of gas can be treated mathematically in a set
of equations called the gas laws.
- How many gas laws must there be if each law includes the relationship between two of the variables?
- Can a single gas law relate all of the variables to one another?