Chapter 11
Kinetic Theory Of Gases Postulates of the Kinetic Theory of Gases: A gas consists of a large number of tiny particles that are in constant, random motion The gas particles occupy a net volume so small in relation to the volume of their container that their contribution to the total volume can be ignored The collisions between particles and the walls of the container are perfectly elastic (no energy transfer) Kinetic Theory of Gases relates temperature to average kinetic energy Kinetic Theory of Gases (aka Kinetic Molecular Theory) can be used to explain the Gas Laws: Pressure-Volume Relationship (Boyle?s Law) P? 1/V or V ? 1/P (at constant n, T) Pressure-Temperature Relationship (Guy-Lussac?s Law) ?T, ?v ?v, ?P Volume-Temperature Relationship (Charles?s Law)