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Solving Gas Law Problems

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GAS LAW PROBLEMS

STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO SOLVING THEM

Identify your givens and your unknown. You will need this information to determine what gas law to use.

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IF YOUR GIVEN VARIABLES ARE:

  • Volume & Pressure: Boyle
  • Volume & Temp.: Charles
  • Temp. & Pressure: Gay-Lussac
  • The gas law tells you what equation to use
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Once you have your variables and your gas law, you can plug the givens into the equation and solve for your unknown!

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What gas law is this?
A balloon inflated in a room at 24 Celsius has a volume of 40L. The balloon is then heated to 58 Celsius. What is the new volume? (Pressure constant)

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VARIABLES

  • T1=24 Celsius
  • V1=4.0L
  • T2=58 Celsius
  • V2=???
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Did you guess Charles's Law?

That's correct!

Charles Law involves temperature and volume.

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