Chem CH 10B - Gas Laws
Chem CH 10B - Gas Laws
Gas Laws
Standard Conditions
What are they?
Standard Temperature and Pressure- STP
273 K
0*C
760 Torr
1 atm
Boyle’s Law: P & V
Boyle’s Law: The volume of a dry gas is in-
versely related to the pressure if the temper-
ature is held constant.
Boyle’s Law: P & V
P=k/V
OR
PV=k
P= pressure
V= volume
k= constant (we will learn about this later)
Also can say:
P1V1=k=P2V2
Boyle’s Law: P & V
A sample of gas occupies 450 mL when it is
under a pressure of 1.02 atm. What volume
will it occupy if the pressure is increased to
850 torr.
Charles’s Law: T & V
Charles’s Law: When the pressure on a
sample of dry gas is held constant, the Kelvin
temperature and the volume are directly re-
lated.
Charles’s Law: T & V
Charles’s Law: T & V
Charles’s Law: T & V
First- Kelvin?
TK=273.15+TC
V=Tk
OR
V/T = k
V= volume
T= temperature (in K)
k = constant
V1/T1 = k = V2/T2
Gay-Lussac’s Law: T & P
Gay-Lussac’s Law: Pressure is directly pro-
portional to temperature in kelvins for a fixed
mass of gas held in a constant volume.
Gay-Lussac’s Law: T & P
P=Tk
OR
P/T=k
P = pressure
T = temperature (in K)
k = constant
P1/T1 = k = P2/T2
Combined Gas Law
The 3 laws can be combined into 1: com-
bined gas law
(PV)/T = k
(P1V1)/T1 = (P2V2)/T2
Combined Gas Law
A gas has a volume of 3.6 L when it is under
a pressure of 1.05 atm and at a temperature
of -15C. What will be the volume at STP?
Dalton’s Law of Partial Pres-
sures: Mixtures of Gases
Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures
Total pressure of a mixture of gases equals the
sum of the partial pressures
Ptotal=P1 + P2 + P3 + ….. + Pn
Dalton’s Law of Partial Pres-
sures: Mixtures of Gases
Must be careful! If gas is collected through
water, water vapor can change your pressure.
Vapor pressure
Use a table to find vapor pressure at certain
temperatures