Pn Haziah bt Awang Lah, Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah.

2007

3.3 UNDERSTANDING GAS PRESSURE AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

Kinetic molecular theory

Gases are :
 Made of …………………………………..

 Move ……………………………………..

 Collide each other and collide with the wall of container with …………………………..

 Far apart with a very ………………….. attraction

 …………….. temperature, ………………. Kinetic energy

 The average kinetic energy ……………………. when the temperature ……………….

Molecules move ………….

When heat is applied Pressure ………….

The collision
between particles ………………..

Measuaring Gas Pressure and Atmospheric Pressure.

1. Aneroid Barometer

 Consist of a sealed metal chamber in the form of a flat cylinder with flexsible wall
 Used for pressure and altitude measurement, is also used as weather glass to forcast
the weather.

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Bourdon Gauge

 Consist of a coil of copper tube connected to a lever system

 Connected to gas cylinder to give an indication of the quantity of gas in the cylinder.

Fortin Barometer

 Consist of a thick walled glass tube which is closed at one end.

 The tube is vacuumed and filled with mercury.
 Atmospheric pressure can be measured on the bases of the vertical height of mercury in
a glass tube.
 At sea level, atmospheric pressure is equivalent to a vertical column of mercury 76 cm
high or 76 cmHg.

The height didn’t influence by : The atmospheric Pressure at sea

level :
1. Size of tube
1 atm
1.03 x 105 Pa
76 cmHg
760 mmHg
10 mwater

2. Position of the tube

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Manometer
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water

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Caused by ……………………………of the thick layer of air

Atmospheric
Pressure
Act on every object on the surface of the earth with the ……….. value

Applications of atmospheric pressure.

1.
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cardboard

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