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Chemistry 12: Gas Laws

Phenomenon: Soda can lab--CARE--see demo
and describe what is happening to the pressure, temperature, volume and number of moles of gas(es) inside the soda can, as you heat it, etc.
Prior Knowledge/Preview
Changes of State
Kinetic Theory


Inquiry science
       Printable activity
       On-line activity:

LAB experiments
       Lab #1  Avogadro's Law  and VIDEO of lab activity with data collection
       Lab #2  Boyle's Law  and VIDEO of LAB activity with data collection
       Lab #3  Charles's law and VIDEO of LAB activity with data collection
       Lab #4  Pressure Law Gay-Lussac's Law and VIDEO of LAB activity with data collection

Combined Gas Law
Ideal Gas Law and Ideal Gases

Aerospace CONNECTIONS:
Balloon Science EZ Science NASM

Gas Laws in aerospace
Applications and examples:
   Fuels
   Breathing in Space
   Temperature changes in Space
   Pressure and Altitude

EXTENSION material for the curious

Observations on different kinds of air Joseph Priestley 1772 SI Learning Lab

Gas Laws and Smithsonian Artifacts Smithsonian Learning Lab Activity

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