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  • 9.3: Pressure
    https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_North_Texas/UNT%3A_CHEM_1410_-_General_Chemistry_for_Science_Majors_I/Text/09%3A_Gases/9.03%3A_Pressure
    Pumping bicycle tires and blowing up balloons both utilize a concept we know intuitively and will know study in greater depth: pressure.
  • 1.2: Pressure and Molar Volume
    https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Physical_Chemistry_(Fleming)/01%3A_The_Basics/1.02%3A_Pressure_and_Molar_Volume
    Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli invented a device to measure air pressure using a glass tube filled with mercury, which created a vacuum when inverted. The height of the mercury column left i...Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli invented a device to measure air pressure using a glass tube filled with mercury, which created a vacuum when inverted. The height of the mercury column left indicates air pressure. At sea level, the column measures 76 cm, corresponding to a pressure of 100,000 Pa. This method established the basis for measuring atmospheric pressure and units such as the Pascal and bar.
  • 9.3: Pressure
    https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/General_Chemistry/ChemPRIME_(Moore_et_al.)/09%3A_Gases/9.03%3A_Pressure
    Pumping bicycle tires and blowing up balloons both utilize a concept we know intuitively and will know study in greater depth: pressure.

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