Gas Laws
If we lived on another planet, such as Mars, we would be very aware of how precious Earth’s atmosphere is for life on your planet. Our atmosphere contains a delicate balance of gasses such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, to mention a few. You might not give the composition of our atmosphere a lot of thought, but one thing you might have noticed is the difference in the pressure of out atmosphere, whether you are at sea level or up on top of a mountain peak. Scientist have studied the behavior of gasses and developed a kinetic molecular theory as well as coming up with laws that explain the relationship between the properties of Pressure, Volume, Temperature, and the Amount of Gas. In this topic we will discuss these laws.
Instructions
Pick one of the gas laws covered in our textbook: Boyle’s Law, Charles’s Law, Gay-Lussac’s Law, The Ideal Gas Law, and Dalton’s Law. Find a real-life example of where your chosen law comes into play and claim this in your Subject heading (e.g. XXX Law, real-life example). Provide the following information.
1 Remind us what your law is in a sentence or two,
2 And then explain your real-life example, try to be as specific as possible, (do try to have it relate to chemistry when possible)
3 Explain how the law works in your example, noting the relationships of, say, pressure, volume, temperature, etc.
4 Be sure to include if you have experienced your example in real-life.
