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Pressure in Boyle's law
The gas laws apply to the P, V, n and T of the contained gas. [Engineers also have a different value of R for different gases]. The external pressure can have an effect on the container and then has ...
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Pressure in Boyle's law
Pressure of air inside the bag of chips > The atmospheric pressure at high altitude.
This imbalance cause the bag to expand, but (this is Boyle's law) as the bag expands the pressure of air inside ...
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Pressure in Boyle's law
Why should gas volume depend on external pressure?
It depends on the internal pressure, which can be:
equal to the external pressure, as in the case of a container with fully adaptable walls.
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Predicting pressure inside a container based on temperature
As long as head space is available the pressure in the tank is the vapor pressure of the liquid; the tank, bottle, flask must be strong enough to hold the weight of the liquid. [Never put mercury in a ...
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Can a heated gas leave a container through downwards direction?
Molecules are always moving. Even at a (theoretical) temperature of absolute zero, there is still motion due to zero-point energy. One can watch liquid helium move up and out of a container, at 2 K!
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