Sunday, July 6, 2008

Ch 14 Gas Laws

How does kinetic theory explain the compressibility of gases?Hint

Use this description to answer Questions 65 and 66.

A teacher adds 1 mL of water to an empty metal soda can. The teacher heats the can over a burner until the water boils and then quickly plunges the can upside down in an ice-water bath. The can immediately collapses inward as though crushed in a trash compactor.

(65)Use kinetic theory to explain why the can collapsed inward.Hint

(66)If the experiment were done with a dry can, would the results be similar? Explain.Hint

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