CHEM 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Vapor Pressure, Horse Length, Pressure Measurement

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CHEM 120 LECTURE 2
Chapter 4: Gases
- Intermolecular interactions are irrelevant, responsible for the behaviour of condensed
phases (e.g. solids & liquids)
Properties of Gases: Barometric
- Atmospheric pressure: N2, O2, Ar, CO2, H2O
o Thin layer that extends 100 km column of gas into space (above us) that exerts a
significant pressure down on Earth
o Fun Fact: the effective mass of the atmosphere covering each 1 m2 is roughly
10,340 kg
o F = mg, so the force would be (10,340)(9.8) = 101 300 N
P = F/A = 101,300/1 = 101 300 Pa or 101.3 kPa
o No force from the outside compressing down, no effect from this pressure
because there is a PRESSURE BALANCE
- Fact: When water boils it creates water vapour pressure equivalent to atmospheric
pressure
o Ex: The can implodes because around the can exists gas at atmospheric pressure,
because since the pressure on the inside = outside, there is no pressure effecting
from the outside
o When the can is inverted in cold water, water vapour molecules hit the water
they add to it, creating a lack of molecules inside the can which has a far lower
pressure than inside the can
Barometric Pressure:
- Fill test tube with Hg (mercury)
- Invert the tube
- Place open end in container of Hg
- Height of Hg falls to 76 cm
o Why does the Hg drop to 76?
The column of Hg falls until the pressure at the base of the column =
atmospheric pressure
Height of a column is an equivalent to a measurement of pressure
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o Pressure = force/area
o Volume = area x height
o Mass = volume x density = Ahd
o Force = mass x gravity = Ahdg
o Pressure = F/A = Ahdg/A = hdg
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Intermolecular interactions are irrelevant, responsible for the behaviour of condensed phases (e. g. solids & liquids) Place open end in container of hg. Pressure does not depend on the area of the column. Pressure depends on the height and density of the column of liquid. Manometers: measuring the pressure of a confined volume of gas relative to the ambient atmospheric pressure (pgas = pbarometric): because the meniscus levels are the same column heights. Simple gas laws: relationships between pairs of gas properties by an equation of state (p,v,t,n) Ideal gas: gas that obeys the simple gas laws perfectly. Real gases can behave like ideal gases over a range of conditions. Discovers the first gas law using a manometer. Varies the volume and pressure of a fixed amount of air at constant temperature. Changed pressure by adding more hg, by measuring the height he was able to calculate the relative change in pressure.

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