Gas Laws

Objectives

• Explain why gases are easier to compress than solids or liquids
• Describe the factors that affect gas pressure
• Explain Kinetic Molecular Theory
• Describe the relationships among the temperature, pressure, and volume of a gas
• Use the the gas laws to solve problems

Vocabulary: Compressibility - Kinetic Molecular Theory - Boyle's Law - Charles' Law - Gay-Lussac's Law - Combined Gas Law

Objectives

• Compute the value of an unknown using the ideal gas law
• Compare and contrast real and ideal gases
• Relate the total pressure of a mixture of gases to the partial pressures of the component gases
• Explain how the molar mass of a gas affects the rate at which the gas diffuses and effuses

Vocabulary: ideal gas constant - ideal gas law - partial pressure - Dalton's Law - diffusion - effusion - Graham's Law

Khan Academy: Ideal Gas Laws

Khan Academy: Grahams Law of Diffusion

Khan Academy: Henry's Law

CK-12 Online Resources for Gas Laws