PP THE GAS LAWS

Boyle’s Law This law is named for Charles Boyle, who studied the relationship between pressure, p, and volume, V, in the mid-1600s. Boyle determined that for a fixed amount of a gas at constant temperature, an inverse relationship exists between pressure and volume: when one goes up, the other comes down. PTV ruler pressure volume

13.2 Boyle’s Law When you squeeze a fixed quantity of gas into a smaller volume the pressure goes up. This rule is known as Boyle’s law.

13.2 Boyle’s Law

Solving Problems A kit used to fix flat tires consists of an aerosol can containing compressed air and a patch to seal the hole in the tire. Suppose 5 liters of air at atmospheric pressure (1 atm) is compressed into a 0.5 liter aerosol can. What is the pressure of the compressed air in the can? Assume no change in temperature or mass.

1. Looking for: …final pressure in atmospheres (P 2 ) 2. Given …V 1 = 5 L, P 1 = 1 atm, V 2 =.5 L 3. Relationships: Boyle’s Law: P 1 V 1 = P 2 V 2 4. Solution Rearrange equation so P 2 = P 1 V 1 / V 2 P 2 = 1atm x 5.0 L/ 0.5 L = 10 atm. Solving Problems

13.2 Gay-Lussac’s Law Pressure and Temperature The pressure of a gas is affected by temperature changes. If the mass and volume are kept constant, the pressure goes up when the temperature goes up, and down when the temperature goes down.

Pressure 1 Pascal = 1 Newton/meter² Since 6 Fig Newtons weigh 1 Newton, 1 Pa of pressure= 6 Fig Newtons in 1 m² and 1 KPa = 6000 Fig Newtons in 1 m² AND 1 atmosphere of pressure = KPa (6000 Fig Newtons) in 1 m². That’s a lot of pressure!

13.2 Gay-Lussac’s Law

Charles’ Law This law is named for Jacques Charles, who studied the relationship volume, V, and temperature, T, around the turn of the 19 th century. This defines a direct relationship: For a fixed amount of gas he found that as the volume increases the temperature also increases. If the temperature decreases than the volume also decreases. PTV ruler volume temperature

13.2 Pressure and Temperature Any time we apply gas laws, the temperature must be in Kelvins. Only the Kelvin scale starts from absolute zero, when energy of particles is theoretically zero.

13.2 Charles’ Law According to Charles’ law, the volume of a gas increases with increasing temperature. Volume decreases with decreasing temperature.

Solving Problems A balloon filled with helium has a volume of 0.50m³ at 21 C. Assuming the pressure and mass remain constant, what volume will the balloon occupy at 0 C.?.

1. Looking for: …final volume in cubic meters (V 2 ) 2. Given …T 1 = 21  C, T 2 = 0  C, V = 0.50 m 3 3. Relationships: Convert temps using K =  C Charles’ Law: V 1 /T 1 = V 2 /T 2 4. Solution Rearrange equation so V 2 = V 1 xT 2 / T 1 V 2 = 0.5 m 3. x 273K / 294K = 0.46 m 3 = 0.5 m³ Solving Problems