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The Ideal Gas Law is PV = nRT, where P is pressure, V is volume, n is number of moles, T is temperature, and R is the Ideal Gas Constant. The Ideal Gas Law works in most situations to predict the behavior of gases - as long as the temperature isn’t too low, or the pressure too high, you can use the ideal gas law. It does involve some assumptions to make the math work - including assuming that collisions are perfectly elastic, and that the particles of gas are not attracted to each other.
In this video, we talk about the circumstances where you can use the Ideal Gas Law, how it’s related to other gas laws (Boyle’s Law, Charles’s Law, and Avogadro’s Law) and then we work through 5 example problems in full. You can jump to sections of the video here:
0:00 Introduction to the Ideal Gas Law
0:25 Assumptions of the Ideal Gas Law
3:09 The equation is PV=nRT
3:29 Which variables are directly proportional or inversely proportional?
4:29 Other Gas Laws
6:48 Example problem 1
10:40 Example problem 2
12:46 Example problem 3
14:16 Example problem 4
15:57 Example problem 5
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The Ideal Gas Law is PV = nRT, where P is pressure, V is volume, n is number of moles, T is temperature, and R is the Ideal Gas Constant. The Ideal Gas Law works in most situations to predict the behavior of gases - as long as the temperature isn’t too low, or the pressure too high, you can use the ideal gas law. It does involve some assumptions to make the math work - including assuming that collisions are perfectly elastic, and that the particles of gas are not attracted to each other.
In this video, we talk about the circumstances where you can use the Ideal Gas Law, how it’s related to other gas laws (Boyle’s Law, Charles’s Law, and Avogadro’s Law) and then we work through 5 example problems in full. You can jump to sections of the video here:
0:00 Introduction to the Ideal Gas Law
0:25 Assumptions of the Ideal Gas Law
3:09 The equation is PV=nRT
3:29 Which variables are directly proportional or inversely proportional?
4:29 Other Gas Laws
6:48 Example problem 1
10:40 Example problem 2
12:46 Example problem 3
14:16 Example problem 4
15:57 Example problem 5
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Written and Produced by Kimberly Hatch Harrison
About our instructor:
Kimberly Hatch Harrison received degrees in Biology and English Literature from Caltech before working in pharmaceuticals research, developing drugs for autoimmune disorders. She continued her studies in Molecular Biology (focusing on Immunology and Neurobiology) at Princeton University, where she began teaching as a graduate student. Her success in teaching convinced her to leave the glamorous world of biology research and turn to teaching full-time, accepting a position at an exclusive prep school, where she taught biology and chemistry for eight years. Kimberly co-founded Socratica Studios.
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