EXPERIMENT 4

Gay-Lussac’s Law

NAME: ________________________________________________SCORE:____________________________

GRADE AND SECTION:___________________________ GROUP No.:_________- DATE PERFORFOMED:_______________

Objective: Investigate the relationship between temperature and pressure at constant volume.

Materials: 110C thermometer, Erlenmeyer flask/ bottle, cork or rubber stopper, denatured alcohol, and liquid dropper

Procedure:

1. Insert the thermometer into the stopper. Precaution: Lubricate the thermometer with a small amount of
oil or grease before insertion.
2. Put five (5) drops of denatured alcohol in the Erlenmeyer flask/ bottle.
3. Cover the Erlenmeyer flask with the stopper that you prepared in procedure 1. The size of the stopper
should fit the mouth of the Erlenmeyer flask. Wait for 2 minutes before measuring the temperature.
4. Shake the Erlenmeyer flask for 2 minutes and take the temperature reading.
CAUTIONS: carefully hold the thermometer to avoid breakage.
5. Record the data.

Data and Results:

Trials Temperature ( C )
Before After

Average

GUIDE QUESTION:

1. What happen to the drops of denatured alcohol after 2 minutes? And when you shake it?______________________
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2. How is the temperature of gas molecules affected by pressure or vice versa?_________________________________
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Table 1.1 (Temperature-pressure Relationship of Gasses).

Trial Pressure (atm) Temperature ( K ) P/T

1 1.0 100
2 2.0 200
3 3.0 300
4 4.0 400

Plot the table 1.1 in graph by placing the pressure (atm) in y axis and temperature ( K ) in x axis

What kind of relationship is depicted in the graph?______________________________________________________