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I n s t r u c t i o n M a n u a l 012-08420B Ideal Gas Law Apparatus TD-8596A Male Luer Connector Plastic Tubing Included Equipment Included Equipment 1. Mechanical stop 4. Pressure connector (quick-release connector) 2.
NOTE: If you are using a PASCO Wireless Pressure Sensor (PS-3203), make a short adapter tube. The Wireless Pressure Sensor includes two male Luer connectors and a piece of plastic tubing. Cut a piece of tubing abut 3 centimeters long.
Capstone Experiment File The included CAPSTONE Experiments Download Reference Sheet (012-15105) describes how to download pre- configured PASCO Capstone experiments from the PASCO Web site for use with the TD-8596A Ideal Gas Law Apparatus. For TD-8596A Ideal Gas Law Apparatus: To download the PASCO Capstone experiment, go to https://www.pasco.com/capstoneexperiments/ and download the files...
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Ideal Gas Law Apparatus TD-8596A Experiment 1: Ideal Gas Law Procedure 1. With the pressure coupling disconnected, push the plunger all the way in so that the stop is bottomed out. Record the volume reading on the syringe. It should be around 20 cc.
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Analysis Constant Temperature TD-8596A for. The calibration on the syringe does not include the volume of air in the tubing. If we call this unknown, additional volume V , the equation (1) above can be more correctly written as -------------------...
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Analysis Constant Temperature TD-8596A Experiment 1: Teacher’s Notes—Ideal Gas Law Constant Temperature, Sample Data and Analysis Volume (cc) Pressure (kPa) 40.0 99.76 20.0 184.17 – -------------------------------- - – = 3.6 cc Among different lab groups or over several trials you may find that calculated values of V vary by 1 cc or more.
Ideal Gas Law Apparatus TD-8596A Varying Temperature, Sample Data and Analysis Volume (cc) Pressure (kPa) Temperature (K) 43.6 99.76 301.04 23.6 199.22 321.08 ------------- 14.4 kPa•cc/K ------------- 14.6 kPa•cc/K Percent Difference = 1% Answers to Questions 1. When the cylinder is compressed, the pressure momentarily spikes because the temperature of the gas increases. As the temperature drops back down, the pressure decreases.
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Teacher’s Notes—Ideal Gas Law Electronic Workbook TD-8596A Answers to Questions in the Electronic Workbook: 1. The slope of each line is nR. From the slope and the initial pressure and temperature on Table 1, the initial volume of gas is: Initial Volume = nRT⁄P = (21.3 cc·kPa⁄K) ×...
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Ideal Gas Law Apparatus TD-8596A 3. In theory the y-intercepts of both slopes are equal because they both represent the volume of the tubing. In this case they differ by 0.35 cc. 012-08420B...
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