Unit 5 – Gases

Time Frame 5 weeks

Competencies
C1. Demonstrate understanding of the behaviour of gases.
C2. Show skill in solving problems using mathematical calculations.
C3. Understand gas laws and principles involved in some technologies.

BOYLE’S LAW

Time Frame 2 sessions

I. Learning Objectives
At the end of the session, the students must be able to:
1. Describe the relationship between pressure and volume;
2. Find pressure or volume, given the initial and final states of the gas; and
3. Make calculations using Boyle’s Law.

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: Boyle’s Law

B. References
1.Department of Education, Culture and Sports. (1991). Science and
Technology III. Quezon City: Book Media Press, pp. 72-74.
2.Brown, Theodore l., LeMay, H. Eugene Jr., and Bursten, Bruse E., Chemistry
the Central Science, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2000, pp. 358-359.
3.Kapauan, Amando, F., Cuyegkeng, Ma. Assunta C. (1990).Creative
Chemistry, Manila: Cacho Publishing House, Inc. pp. 66-69.

B. Materials
10 ml syringe
Eraser
Bathroom tile
Weight such as bolts from the hardware

III. Learning Tasks

A. Recall and Motivation
1. What are the parameters that describe a gas? What are its properties?
2. If you fill a balloon to its limit and then put it under the hot sun, what do you
think will happen?

B. Lesson Proper
1. Activity: “Boyle’s Law”
 a. Weigh the bathroom tile and the bolts and record the masses.
Weight
Bathroom tile
Bolt 1
Bolt 2
..etc

b. Adjust the plunger of the syringe to 8ml.

c. Insert the syringe needle into the eraser to seal it.

d. Have one student hold the syringe upright (with the eraser as the stand),
then have another student put the bathroom tile on the plunger. Read the
corresponding change in volume.

e. Add bolts/weights little by little and record the corresponding volume.

Weight (Force) Volume
Bathroom tile only
+Bolt 1
+Bolt 2
..etc

f. Plot the weight of the bolts (force) vs. the volume of the gas.

YOU MAY END SESSION 1 AT THIS POINT.

2. Discussion / Concept Formation

What happened to the volume when more weights were added?

3. Activity: “ Exercises”
a. A fixed amount of gas occupies a syringe with a volume of 5.0 L. the
pressure at 30oC is 1.00 atm. What will be the new pressure if the volume
is 4.0 L at the same temperature?

b. A certain amount of gas at 25oC occupies a container with an adjustable

volume. It currently has a volume of 10.5 L, with a pressure of 1.5 atm.
What would its volume be if the pressure were adjusted to 1.2 atm?
 c. A certain amount of gas occupies a container with an adjustable volume.
At a particular temperature, its pressure is 2.0 atm. What will be its
pressure if the container expands to twice the original volume?

4. Discussion/ Concept Formation

a. A fixed amount of gas occupies a syringe with a volume of 5.0 L. the
pressure at 30oC is 1.00 atm. What will be the new pressure if the volume
is 4.0 L at the same temperature?
Solution:

V1P1 = V2P2

(5.0 L) (1.00 atm) = (4.0L) P2

(5.0 L)(1.00 atm)

P2 =
(4.0 L)
P2 = 1.25 atm

b. A certain amount of gas at 25oC occupies a container with an adjustable

volume. It currently has a volume of 10.5 L, with a pressure of 1.5 atm.
What would its volume be if the pressure were adjusted to 1.2 atm?
Solution:
V1P1 = V2P2
(10.5 L) (1.5 atm) = V2 (1.2atm)

(10.50 L)(1.5 atm)

V2 =
(1.2 atm)
V2 = 13 L
c. A certain amount of gas occupies a container with an adjustable volume.
At a particular temperature, its pressure is 2.0 atm. What will be its
pressure if the container expands to twice the original volume?
Solution:
V1P1 = V2P2
V1 (2.0 atm) = 2 V1 P2

V1(2.0 atm)
P2 =
(2 V1)
P2 = 1.0 atm

C. Generalization
1. Volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure, when temperature
and amount of gas are constant.
 2. This is sated in Boyle’s law.

D. Application/ Valuing
Ask the students to interview an LPG gas dealer: why do gas containers need
to be very strong and thick metal containers?

E. Agreement
Bring materials for the next class.