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A Demonstration of Ideal Gas Principles Using a Football

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William D. Bare and Lester Andrews

Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, McCormick Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901

Timothy L. Pickering

NSF Center for Polymeric Adhesives and Composites, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0257

J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76 (5), p 622

DOI: 10.1021/ed076p622

Publication Date (Web): May 1, 1999

Section:

History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

A class demonstration and cooperative learning activity in which the ideal gas law is applied to determine the volume of a football is described. The mass of an air-filled football is recorded at two or more pressures, and students are asked to use these data to solve problems involving the volume, pressure, and mass of the football and the molecular weight of the gas in the ball.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Domain):

Demonstrations

Keywords (Feature):

Tested Demonstrations

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Problem Solving / Decision Making

Keywords (Subject):

Gases

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