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Gases

OCR A-level PhysicsTopic 11 of 115 lessons

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  1. Boyle's LawFor a fixed mass of gas, the pressure is inversely proportional to its volume provided the temperature is kept constant.e. pV = constant This can be…
  2. Charles' LawIt can be shown, using a glass tube open at one end containing dry air trapped in the tube by a suitable liquid, that for a fixed mass of gas, the…
  3. Pressure LawFor a fixed mass of gas of constant volume, the pressure is directly proportional to the temperature or p/T = constant If a graph of pressure…
  4. The Ideal Gas EquationSmoke particles may be illuminated and observed under a microscope.
  5. Kinetic Theory of GasesThe molecules of an ideal gas have a range of speeds.

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