Gases Flashcards
What is pressure?
The sum of the forces from all the molecular collisions
What is the SI unit for pressure?
Pascal
What is the conversion factor for giga?
10^9
What is the conversion factor for mega?
10^6
What is the conversion factor for kilo?
10^3
What is the conversion factor for centi?
10^-2
What is the conversion factor for milli?
10^-3
What is the conversion factor for micro?
10^-6
What is the conversion factor for nano?
10^-9
What is the conversion factor for pico?
10^-12
What is a barometer? How does it work?
A glass tube where the top is submerged in mercury and atmospheric pressure forces the mercury upwards
What is the formula for atmospheric pressure in a barometer? What do variables stand for?
Patm=ghd
Patm is atmospheric pressure
h is height of liquid column
d is density
g is gravity
How would you convert one bar to pascals?
Multiply by 100 000
How can gas pressure be measured?
Manometer
If height is equal in a manometer what does that mean about the pressure of the gas?
The pressure is the same btwn the atmosphere and gas