Gas Laws Flashcards
1
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Gas laws are mathematical rules about how a
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Gas will behave under certain conditions
2
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Boyle’s law describes the relationship between pressure and
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Volume
3
Q
Boyle’s law names after 17th-century British chemist _
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Robert Boyle
4
Q
Gas symbol
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(p)
5
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Pressure of a fixed amount of gas at constant temp is
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Inversely proportional to the volume of the gas
6
Q
As pressure on gas rises
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Volume falls
7
Q
As pressure on a gas falls
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Volume of gas rises
8
Q
Initial pressure and volume of gas are equal to
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Final pressure and volume of gas
9
Q
Initial pressure and volume are p1, v1, final pressure and volume are
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P2
V2
10
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Boyle’s law is only true if _ are kept the same (2)
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Number of molecules
Temp
11
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Pressure decreases as volume increases because
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Molecules are farther apart
