Module #12 - Vocabulary Flashcards
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Pressure
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The force per unit area exerted on an object.
2
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Extrapolation
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Following an established trend in the data even though there is no data available for that region.
3
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Standard Temperature and Pressure (STP)
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A temperature of 273 K and a pressure of 1.00 atm
4
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Vapor pressure
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The pressure exerted by the vapor which sits on top of any liquid.
5
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Boiling Point
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The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid is equal to normal atmospheric pressure.
6
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Charles’s Law
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At constant pressure, the temperature and volume of a gas are linearly proportional.
7
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Properties of an Ideal Gas
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- The molecules or atoms that make up an ideal gas must be small compared to the volume available to the gas.
- The gas molecules or atoms must be so far apart that they do not attract or repel each other.
- All collisions that occur must be elastic.
