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Ch 6 vocab words
Chemistry: An Introduction (Timberlake) Chapter 6 Vocabulary Words
Question | Answer |
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Atmosphere (atm) | the pressure exerted by a column of mercury 760 mm high |
Atmospheric Pressure | the pressure exerted by the atmosphere |
Avogadro's Law | Volume of gas directly related to number of moles |
Boyle's Law | pressure of gas is inversely related to the volume |
Charles's Law | volume of gas directly related to change in K temperature |
Combined gas law | A relationship that combines several gas laws relating pressure, volume and temperature when the amount of gas does not change: P1V1/T1 = P2V2/T2 |
Dalton's Law | Total pressure exerted=sum of pressures of gases in container |
Direct Relationship | A relationship in which two properties increase or decrease together |
Gay-Lussac's Law | Pressure of gas changes directly with change in temperature |
Inverse relationship | A relationship in which two properties change in opposite directions |
Kinetic molecular theory of gases | A model used to explain the behavior of gases |
Molar Volume | A volume of 22.4L occupied by 1 mole of a gas at STP conditions of 0° C (273K) and 1 atm |
Partial Pressure | The pressure exerted by a single gas in a gas mixture |
Pressure | The force exerted by gas particles that hit the walls of a container |
STP | Standard conditions of 0°C (273 K) temperature and 1 atm pressure used for the comparison of gases |