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NSCI115L Aviation Chemistry & Physics

Experiment # 6: Ideal Gas Law: Apply to
save a life
Geronimo, John Earl
Flores, Ponce Aries
Estrella, Paul Andrey
Gabote, John Israel
Gauiran, Decie Marl Hendrix

Natural Sciences Department

PATTS College of Aeronautics

I. Introduction
The goal of the experiment aims to understand the concept of Ideal Gas
Law. Furthermore, the specific goals and objectives of the experiment are:

● To observe how Ideal Gas molecules behave according to the Ideal

Gas Law.
● To understand the relationship between pressure, volume and
temperature in gases using gas thermometry.
● To define the physical concept of temperature and absolute zero.
● To be able to learn and create our own temperature scale using three
reference points.

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II. Theory

Ideal gas is a theoretical gas composed of many randomly moving point

particles that are not subject to interparticle interactions. The ideal gas
concept is useful because it obeys the ideal gas law, a simplified equation of
state, and is amenable to analysis under statistical mechanics.

Ideal gas law, also called the general gas equation, is the equation of state of
a hypothetical ideal gas. It is a good approximation of the behavior of many
gases under many conditions, although it has several limitations.

Kinetic theory of gases is a simple, historically significant classical model of

the thermodynamic behavior of gases, with which many principal concepts of
thermodynamics were established.

Gas thermometry is a method of measuring temperatures with gas as the

thermometric fluid. Gas thermometry is the primary source of information
about a fundamental physical parameter, temperature, over the range from
about 3 to 900 K (-454 to 1160°F).

Absolute zero is the lowest limit of the thermodynamic temperature scale, a

state at which the enthalpy and entropy of a cooled ideal gas reach their
minimum value, taken as zero kelvins.

Pressure is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit
area over which that force is distributed. Gauge pressure is the pressure
relative to the ambient pressure. Various units are used to express pressure.

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III. Methodology

This experiment is all about Ideal Gas law, which helps to define the
pressure at three different temperatures for a random amount of gas
molecules contained in a tank.

Activity 1:

In this experiment, the use of the three different reservoirs which contain
a water's boiling point will start once it turns on the variac and it will help to
determine the temperature scale. When a gas is being compressed into
smaller volumes, molecular collisions increase, raising the temperature and
pressure of the gas . It helps to measure the changes in heat that are
associated with the possible chemical reaction However, it also helps to
observe the absolute zero of the gas within the dipper.

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Activity 2:

Having a concept of P-T graph, it will help to demonstrate the result of

the temperature dependency of the pressure of a constant gas volume which
is shown in the graph. The result must be observed as the reaction occurs
when the heat will be generated by combusting the heat up the oxygen
vessels and to the surrounding water. No matter what amount of a gas , the
absolute zero temperature remains the same.

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IV. Results and Discussion
We are transporting a lung to the hospital for transplant surgery, and it
needs to arrive in one piece. We must arrive on time to avoid causing
damage to the organ; unfortunately, there has been an accident, and all
traffic ahead of us has come to a halt. We'll need to wait for a while.

We need to preserve the organ during this traffic accident so it will not
be damaged. According to the organ transplant guidance, the lungs must be
transported at 4 ℃ and its nearly 40 ℃ outside. We need to maintain the
right amount of temperature but the driver destroys our only thermometer
and we don’t know when to add cool packs to maintain the temperature.
We can use the Ideal Gas Law during our training and use a manometer and
a pressurized vessel to make our own temperature sensing device.

The main goal for today’s experiment is to create our own temperature
scale using three reference points. The three reservoirs will provide us with
these temperature reference points, starting from the lowest to the highest;
the boiling nitrogen temperature, the ice water temperature and the boiling
water temperature.

We will use the gas thermometry to construct a temperature scale and

determine the absolute zero temperature. This experiment demonstrates the
temperature dependency of the pressure of a constant gas volume. Generally,
gases used in gas thermometry are Ideal gases

Figure 1 :For a constant volume and amount of air, the pressure and temperature are
directly proportional, provided the temperature is in kelvin. (Measurements cannot be
made at lower temperatures because of the condensation of the gas.) When this line is
extrapolated to lower pressures, it reaches a pressure of 0 at –273 °C, which is 0 on the
kelvin scale and the lowest possible temperature, called absolute zero.
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Figure 2: Determine the pressure required to keep the temperature at 4℃

Assuming that the pressure inside the dipper is atmospheric, that means
that the inclined line representing the pressure change is the one presented
below. If we want to maintain the temperature at 4 ℃ we will need to have
approximately 750 torr to keep the temperature constant.

Figure 3: Explains how to think if you are in a situation when you have to keep
a temperature constant using a gas thermometer

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 We can say that the amount of molecules confined in a gas tank, the
pressure reading on the manometer can define the temperature according to
the Ideal Gas Law. We just need to maintain the pressure in the vessel at 750
Torr to maintain the temperature we need.

V. Conclusions and Applications

With the help of this experiment/simulation,The first experiment observed

how the ideal gas molecules behave according to it. DIscussed also the
relationship between pressure,volume and temperature in gas.If you add too
many molecules then everything inside the container might turn into solid or
liquid. And the second and last experiment is creating your own temperature
scale using three different points.The three reservoirs will provide these
temperature reference points,starting from lowest to the highest.The boiling
nitrogen temperature , the ice water temperature and lastly is the boiling water.

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