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Exploring Gas Pressure: Understanding Air Pressure Demonstrations and Measurement Tools

This lesson delves into the concept of gas pressure, particularly focusing on air pressure. Students will learn to explain a demonstration showcasing how air exerts pressure. They will also gain insights into the simple mercury barometer, its function in measuring atmospheric pressure, and the concept of a manometer. A hands-on activity involves calculating the volume, density, weight, and pressure of an unknown liquid in a storage tank, reinforcing key concepts about pressure in gases and liquids.

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Exploring Gas Pressure: Understanding Air Pressure Demonstrations and Measurement Tools

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  1. Pressure in a gas Lesson Outcomes: • To know and to be able to explain a demonstration that proves that air exerts a pressure. (C/B) • Describe the simple mercury barometer and its use in measuring atmospheric pressure. (C/B) • Know what a manometer is. (C)

  2. Starter A rectangular storage tank 4m long by 3m wide is filled with an unknown liquid to a depth of 3m. The unknown liquid has a mass of 4800kg. Calculate: a) Volume of the unknown liquid b) Density of the unknown liquid c) Weight of the unknown liquid d) The pressure at the bottom of the tank due to the liquid.

  3. Answers • 4m x 3m x 3m = 36m3 (3) • 4800kg ÷ 36m3 = 133.3 kg/m3 (3) • 4800kg x 10N/kg = 48000N (3) • 133.4 x 10 x 3 = 4000 Pa

  4. Air pressure demonstration

  5. Air Pressure • Air pressure is usually 100000 N/m2. • The can contains air particles and is also surrounded by air particles. They are hitting the sides of the container on the inside and the outside. The vacuum pump removes the air particles from inside the can. The pressure caused by the particles on the outside collapses the can.

  6. Worksheet • The mercury barometer and manometer pressure gauge.

  7. Recap of the lesson • To know and to be able to explain a demonstration that proves that air exerts a pressure. • Describe the simple mercury barometer and its use in measuring atmospheric pressure. • Know what a manometer is.

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