Gas Laws Flashcards
What is Boyle’s Law?
P1V1=P2V2
What is Charle’s Law?
V1 V2
=
T1 T2
What is Gay-Lussac’s Law?
P1=P2
T1 T2
What is Avogadro’s Law?
V1=V2
n1 n2
What happens to pressure if temperature decreases?
decreases
What happens to volume if pressure decreases?
increases
What happens to pressure if you increase the amount of gas in a container?
increases
State of matter that has a definite shape and volume
solid
As heat is added to a gas, what happens to the particles?
They speed up
What characteristic of gases allow us to take a large amount of gas and put it into a relatively small tank?
Gases are compressible
Whose law relates volume and temperature?
Charles
What happens to volume if temperature decreases?
decreases
What state of matter takes the shape and the volume of its container?
gas
Why does the volume of a gas decrease when pressure increases?
The particles get closer
Which state of matter will take the shape of its container it is in but maintains a definite volume?
liquid
