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Gas Properties

Pump gas molecules to a box and see what happens as you change the volume, add or remove heat, change gravity, and more. Measure the temperature and pressure, and discover how the properties of the gas vary in relation to each other.

 
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Topics

Main Topics

  • Gas
  • Heat
  • Thermo
  • Gravity
  • Pressure
  • Ideal Gas Law
  • Boyle's Law
  • Charles's Law
  • Pressure - Volume work
  • Gas Kinetic theory

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Sample Learning Goals

  • Predict how changing a variable among PVT, and number influences other gas properties.
  • Predict how changing temperature will affect the speed of molecules.
  • Rank the speed of molecules in thermal equilibrium based on the relative masses of molecules.

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Teaching Ideas

Tips for Teachers

The teacher's guide contains tips for teachers created by the PhET team (PDF).

Ideas and Activities for this Sim

There are 19 contributions listed.

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Concept Questions for Chemistry using PhET Designed by PhET IconT. LoebleinUG-Intro
HS		CQs8/09
Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based) Designed by PhET IconImage of Gold StarT. LoebleinUG-Intro
HS		CQs8/09
Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures R. MarreroHSLab9/09
Gas Investigation for Middle School Image of Gold StarJ. WorkshopMSLab4/09
Gas Laws Image of Gold StarS. BorensteinMSLab7/08
Gas Laws Exploration Image of Gold StarA. PhillipMSHW11/08
Gas Properties S. hymesHSLab5/08
Gas Properties G. SwansonHSLab9/07
Gas Properties and Balloons & Buoyancy Simulations Homework Designed by PhET IconK. PerkinsHS
UG-Intro		HW11/08
Gas Properties/Buoyancy G. SwansonHSLab9/07
Gases Understanding physical properties of gases (Inquiry Based) Designed by PhET IconImage of Gold StarT. LoebleinUG-Intro
HS		Lab
CQs
HW		7/09
Heat Intro S. DicksonHSHW3/08
Ideal Gas Law Activity B. ShurtzHSLab9/07
Kinetic Molecular Theory A. JordanHSLab9/07
Kinetic Molecular theory review Designed by PhET IconT. LoebleinUG-Intro
HS		Demo
CQs		2/09
Kinetic Molecular Theory- Introduction (inquiry-based) Designed by PhET IconImage of Gold StarT. LoebleinUG-Intro
HS		Lab
CQs		6/09
Teacher M. LiHSHW9/09
The Relationship between the Volume of a Gas and its Pressure - Boyle's Law S. GrahamHSLab11/08
The x and y's of Gas Properties B. AshHSLab7/07

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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Apple Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Credits

Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Jack Barbera
  • Michael Dubson
  • Linda Koch
  • Ron LeMaster (developer)
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Carl Wieman
  • Interviewer: Danielle Harlow
  • Piccolo
  • Java2D
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