Lab Report 4

Boyle’s Law and Charles’s Law

Name Amanda Berg

1. Get the Gizmo ready: Set the temperature (T) to 300 K and the mass (m) to 0 kg.

A. With the temperature held constant at 300 K, use the Select mass slider to place
weights on the lid. Record the pressure and volume of the gas for each added mass.

Added mass Total mass

Pressure Volume
on the lid (Lid + added mass)

0 kg 10 kg 98.10 N/m2 2.54 m3

10 kg 20 kg 196.20 N/m2 1.27 m3

20 kg 30 kg 294.30 N/m2 0.85 m3

30 kg 40 kg 392.40 N/m2 0.64 m3

B. As the pressure increases at constant temperature, what happens to the volume of

the gas? As the pressure increases the volume decreases

This relationship is described by The Gas law

2. Get the Gizmo ready: On the SIMULATION panel, set T to 100 K and m to 0 kg.

A. Without changing the mass on the lid, record the pressure and volume of the gas at
each of the given temperatures.

Temperature Pressure Volume

100 K 98.10 N/m2 0.85 m 3

200 K 98.10 N/m2 1.7 m 3

300 K 98.10 N/m2 2.54 m 3

400 K 98.10 N/m2 3.39 m 3

 500 K 98.10 N/m2 4.24 m 3
B. As the temperature increases at constant pressure, what happens to the volume of

the gas? As the temperature increases, the volume also increases

This relationship is described by Charles’ law

3. Based on what you learned:

a) What would happen to a balloon placed in the freezer? Why?

The balloon would shrink in the freezer because as the temperature of the air
decreases, the volume of the air decreases

b) What would happen to a balloon placed in a warm oven? (Assume it doesn’t

pop.) Why?

The balloon would expand in a warm oven because inside an oven as the
temperature increases, the volume of gas also increases

4. Based on what you learned, what do you think would happen if you place a rigid
sealed container of gas into a fire? Why?

If a sealed container of gas were placed in a fire, the temperature and pressure
of the gas would increase until the container broke or exploded

5. At constant volume:

a) How did doubling the temperature affect the pressure?

At constant volume, the pressure doubled when the temperature doubled.

b) How does the change in temperature affect the speed of the molecules?

higher temp means higher speed. there will be more energy in the molecules to move,
therefore, higher speed.