This chapter examines the work of such eminent scientists as Robert Boyle and Jacques Charles. These scientists studied the effects of changes in the pressure, volume, and temperature of contained gases. From their results they proposed a set of mathematical relationships that together are known as the gas laws. Using the kinetic theory, however, you can often explain how gases will respond to a change of conditions without resorting to formal mathematical expressions. The chapter begins by showing how simple kinetic theory is used to explain gas behavior.

In this chapter, you will learn: to describe the properties of gas particles to relate the kinetic energy of gas particles to Kelvin temperature to explain how certain factors affect gas pressure to state Boyle's Law, Charles's Law, Gay-Lussac's Law, and the combined gas laws to apply the gas laws to specified problems to distinguish between ideal and real gases to calculate gas amounts at specified conditions