Module 8: Chapter 8: Gases

1. Define the property of pressure (CLO1)(CLO3)
   
2. Define and convert among the units of pressure measurements (CLO1)(CLO2)
   
3. Describe the operation of common tools for measuring gas pressure (CLO1)
   
4. Calculate pressure from manometer data (CLO2)
   

Relating Pressure, Volume, Amount, and Temperature: The Ideal Gas Law (8.2)

1. Identify the mathematical relationships between the various properties of gases (CLO1)(CLO2)
   
2. Use the ideal gas law, and related gas laws, to compute the values of various gas properties under specified conditions (CLO1)(CLO2)
   

1. Use the ideal gas law to compute gas densities and molar masses (CLO2)
   
2. Perform stoichiometric calculations involving gaseous substances (CLO2)
   
3. State Dalton’s law of partial pressures and use it in calculations involving gaseous mixtures (CLO1)(CLO2)
   

Effusion and Diffusion of Gases (8.4)

1. Define and explain effusion and diffusion (CLO1)
   
2. State Graham’s law and use it to compute relevant gas properties (CLO1)(CLO2)
   

The Kinetic-Molecular Theory (8.5)

1. State the postulates of the kinetic-molecular theory (CLO1)
   
2. Use this theory’s postulates to explain the gas laws (CLO1)
   

Non-Ideal Gas Behavior (8.6)

1. Describe the physical factors that lead to deviations from ideal gas behavior (CLO1) 
   
2. Explain how these factors are represented in the van der Waals equation (CLO1)
   
3. Define compressibility (Z) and describe how its variation with pressure reflects non-ideal behavior (CLO1)
   
4. Quantify non-ideal behavior by comparing computations of gas properties using the ideal gas law and the van der Waals equation (CLO1)(CLO2)