Week #6: (2/29-3/4) Gas Laws and Pneumatic Components

[rjagodowski]

We'll spend a bit more time discussing the Ideal Gas Law You should work through a couple of the problems given on this website to help get a feel for how the ideal gas law can be applied.

As an FYI, here's an interactive Periodic Table of the Elements. This might be needed if you are given the mass of a gas and need to convert to moles. The # of moles = # of grams * standard atomic weight. The standard atomic weight is the number underneath each element.


Some definitions for various system descriptions when dealing with gases.

An isothermal process is a change of a system, in which the temperature remains constant: ΔT = 0.

An isobaric process is one which takes place at a constant pressure: Δp = 0.

An isometric process is one which takes place within a constant volume: ΔV = 0.

An adiabatic process is one in which no heat is gained or lost during the process.

A diabatic process is one in which there is heat transfer.

Then we'll start Week #7 on Pneumatic Components