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Chapter 10: Gases and Gas Laws

A sample of matter in the gaseous state has very predictable patterns of behavior. Changes in a quantity such as the pressure, temperature, or amount of gas affect the volume of the sample in a manner that is predictable and largely independent of the identify of the gas. In Chapter 10, we will discuss these behaviors and learn why they exist and how they can be used.

Lesson 1: Describing a Gas

• Part a: The Nature of a Gas
• Part b: Pressure-Volume-Temperature-Moles

Lesson 2: Gas Laws

• Part a: Pressure and Temperature
• Part b: Volume and Temperature
• Part c: Pressure and Volume
• Part d: Volume and the Number of Moles
• Part e: The Ideal Gas Law
• Part f: Combined Gas Law
• Part g: Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure
• Part h: Graham's Law of Effusion

Lesson 3: Gas Stoichiometry

• Part a: Stoichiometry Revisited
• Part b: Gas Stoichiometry at Standard Conditions
• Part c: Gas Stoichiometry at Non-Standard Conditions

Lesson 4: Kinetic Molecular Theory

• Part a: Characteristics of the Model
• Part b: Explaining Ideal Gas Behavior
• Part c: Get Real