The following terms summarize all the concepts and ideas that were introduced in this chapter. You should be able to explain their meaning and how you would use them in chemistry. They appear in boldface type in this chapter to draw your attention to them. The boldface type also makes it easier for you to look them up if you need to. You could also use Internet search engines like google.com on your computer to get a quick and expanded explanation of these terms, laws, and formulas.
air pressure atmosphere atmospheric pressure barometric pressure catalysts diffusion Boyle’s Law Charles’s Law combined gas law Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures Gay-Lussac’s Law Graham’s Law Ideal Gas Law Kinetic-Molecular Theory |
effusion greenhouse effect hydrogen manometer mercury barometer normal atmospheric pressure |
ozone pascal standard pressure standard temperature torr |