Preview - Ideal Gas Laws - Connected Chemistry 2019

Our experimental setup: the bike-tire model


Before starting our computational experiments, let us familiarize ourselves with our experimental setup. The first component of our experimental setup is a slightly modified version of the Bike Tire model from the previous lesson.

  1. There is no "add particles" button anymore. We will decide the number of particles inside the bike tire before running each experiment. 
  2. There is a new   slider. This slider will help us run experiments until the system stabilizes (e.g., the model will stop).

 

 

Now let's begin with running three simple experiments:

  1. Set the "number-of-particles" parameter to 100 and the "ticks-to-run" parameter to 15.
    1. Click the   button to set-up the experiment.
    2. Then  button to run the experiment.
       
  2. Once the experiment is completed, move your mouse over the plot (as shown on the right) and see how the pressure has changed over time. Note down the final pressure of the system.
     
  3. Repeat the same procedure with 200 particles and 15 ticks. Note the resulting pressure.
  4. Repeat the same procedure with 300 particles and 15 ticks. Note the resulting pressure.
  5. Answer the questions below the model.


Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Record your measurements in the table below.


It may be too hard to notice trends in data by just looking at raw numbers. Mark your data points on the following sketch in order to see if there is any correlation 🔗 between our two variables (x = number of particles, y = pressure). Do not worry about perfect precision when you mark the points.

Note: Draw your sketch in the sketchpad below

Based on the data you just collected, what happens to the pressure when there are more particles in the box?

Increases
Decreases
Stays the same
Other

The fluctuations in the plot pose a practical problem to solve? Even though the pressure stabilizes, each reading at the stable state might be slightly different. Observe the following comparison. How should we record our data to make sure that our findings are reliable? (min 2 sentences)

  


Notes

These notes will appear on every page in this lesson so feel free to put anything here you'd like to keep track of.