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Topic C: Gas Laws and Kinetic Molecular Theory

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    Learning Objectives

    WHAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED THIS TOPIC:

    1. Use classical gas laws to relate changes in pressure, volume, temperature, and number of moles to one another.
    2. Use vapor pressure information and the classical gas laws to describe the behavior of a gas when it is collected over water.
    3. Solve stoichiometry problems involving gases, using the ideal gas law.
    4. Have sufficient understanding of basic kinetic theory to be able to:
      1. Solve problems involving kinetic energy, temperature, molar mass, and particle velocity for an ideal gas.
      2. Use effusion rates to determine the molar mass of a gas.
      3. Answer qualitative questions about the Boltzmann distribution of kinetic energies and velocities, and their relationships to temperature and molar mass.
    5. Describe the factors that differentiate real gas behavior from the ideal gas model, and use the van der Waals equation to model real gas behavior.


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