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Gas laws

Gas laws connect pressure, volume, temperature and amount of substance. The ideal-gas equation PV = nRT is a powerful model whose accuracy depends on conditions.

Why scientists care

Gas laws connect pressure, volume, temperature and amount of substance. The ideal-gas equation PV = nRT is a powerful model whose accuracy depends on conditions.

Real gases approach ideal behaviour most closely when intermolecular effects and molecular volume are relatively unimportant.

A concrete example

At fixed volume and amount, doubling absolute temperature in the ideal model doubles pressure.

Try to notice

Science becomes memorable when a definition is connected to something measurable or observable.

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