Gas Laws and Formulas

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• The video focuses on gas laws and how to choose the correct formula to use in different scenarios.

• Temperature units must be in Kelvin for all gas laws; to convert Celsius to Kelvin, add 273.

• Pressure units can be in atmospheres, Torr, or millimeters mercury; 1 atmosphere = 760 Torr = 760 millimeters mercury.

• The main gas laws to know are: + Boyle's Law: compares pressure and volume + Charles' Law: compares volume and temperature + Avogadro's Law: compares volume and moles + Combined Gas Law: compares pressure, volume, and temperature + Ideal Gas Law: compares pressure, volume, moles, and temperature

• To solve a problem, identify the given information and what is being asked to find, and then choose the correct formula based on the variables given.

• When working with units, make sure to convert to the correct units if necessary, and cancel out units that appear in both the numerator and denominator.

• Examples of problems solved in the video include: + Finding the new volume of a sample of nitrogen gas warmed from 77°C to 86°C, with pressure held constant. + Finding the pressure required to compress a volume of air from 196 liters to 26 liters, with temperature held constant. + Finding the volume of a gas balloon at a new temperature and pressure, using the combined gas law. + Finding the volume of a gas using the ideal gas law, given the number of moles, temperature, and pressure.- The goal is to isolate volume by dividing both sides of the equation by atmospheres, which cancels out atmospheres and leaves liters.

• The calculation yields a volume of 39.408 liters.
• The number of significant figures (sig figs) to round to is determined by the lowest amount in the multiplication and division, which is 1.
• Rounding up, the final answer is approximately 40 liters.
• The importance of remembering gas laws, including this calculation, is emphasized.