PASCO TD-8596A Ideal Gas Law Apparatus - Manual (Page 9)

Model No. TD-8596A Teacher’s Notes—Ideal Gas Law
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Experiment 1:
Teacher’s Notes—Ideal Gas Law
Constant Temperature, Sample Data and Analysis
V
0
= 3.6 cc
Among different lab groups or over several trials you may find that calculated values of V
0
vary
by 1 cc or more. This may look like a very large uncertainty, but, since it is added to the total
volume of gas (40 to 60 cc) the absolute uncertainty, rather than the relative uncertainty, should be
considered.
Table 1: Constant Temperature
Volume (cc) Pressure (kPa)
1 40.0 99.76
2 20.0 184.17
V
0
P
2
V
2
P
1
V
1
–
P
1
P
2
–
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