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Postulate 1. Particle Volume A gas consists of a large collection of individual particles. The volume of an
individual particle are extremely small, as compared to the volume of it
container.
Postulate 2. Particle Motion Gas particles are in constant, random, straight-line motion, except when
they collide with the walls of the container or with one another.
Postulate 3. Particle Collisions Collisions of gas particles are elastic. The colliding gas particles or
molecules exchange energy, but they do not lose energy through fiction.
This means that the total kinetic energy is constant. Between collisions,
the gas particles or molecules do not influence each other.
GAS MOLECULES ARE CHARACTERIZED INTO FOLLOWING:
1. VOLUME
• Units commonly used: (L, Ml, cubic meter, and cubic centimeter)
2. TEMPERATURE
• Measured as: (Kelvin, Degree Celsius, Degree Fahrenheit)
3. AMOUNT OF SUBSTANCE
• Measured in moles (mol.)
4. PRESSURE
• Common units: (atmosphere/atm, Pascal/Pa, kilopascal/kPa, millimeters
of mercury (mmHg), centimeters of mercury/cmHg, torr, and sometimes
pounds per square inch/psi