Learning Exercise

Discovering the Behavior of Gases

This webpage uses screen capture movies of particle simulations to made comparisons and guide students through a series of questions. A follow-up set of questions than uses the simulation.

Course: General Chemistry

Material:: Ideal Gas Law Simulation
Date last modified:: April 1, 2003
Created by:: Scott Sinex
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Ideal Gas Law Simulation

An effective tool to help students learn about all aspects of the ideal gas law. One of the best web gas law... see more

Material Type:: Simulation
Author:: John Gelder, Oklahoma State University, Department of Chemistry, Stillwater, OK 74078
User Rating:: 5 stars

Exercise

Disciplines

Science and Technology / Chemistry / Chemical Education
Science and Technology / Chemistry / Introductory and General
Science and Technology / Physics / Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics / Statistical Mechanics

Technical Notes

Also useful for review as students start kinetics.

Topics

Effect of temperature, molar mass on velocity, collisions and concentration and pressure, mean free path