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3 UNDERSTANDING
GAS PRESSURE AND
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
Learning Outcome
Explain gas pressure
Explain atmospheric pressure
Describe the applications of atmospheric pressure
Solve problems involving atmospheric and gas pressure
Idea of gas Pressure
Hands-on activity 3.3 pg 56
Aim : To gain an idea of gas pressure
Discussion
1. When air is pumped into a balloon, what
do you feel when you squeeze it ?
It can be used as
an altimeter
INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING
GAS PRESSURE
Bourdon Gauge Manometer
mercury
Gas pressure
= atmospheric pressure
+ pressure due to h cm
of mercury
VARIOUS UNITS OF
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
760 mm Hg
760 mm Hg
76 cm Hg
Standard Atmospheric
1 atm. pressure (1 atmosphere)
0.76x 13600 x 10 Pa
105 Pa
= 103360 Pa
105 N m-2 = 103360 N m-2
= 1.0336 x 105 Pa
1 bar pf
pressure Mercury barometer = 1.0336 bar of pressure
10 m At sea level, 10.336 m water
water h = 760 mm
Worked Example pg 90
Gas pressure
= Atmospheric pressure + 20 mm Hg
= 760 mm Hg + 20 mm Hg
= 780 mm Hg
Worked Example Exploring pg 173
Syringe Siphon
APPLICATIONS OF
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
Vacuum Cleaner Lift Pump
Pouring milk
from can
1. If 10 cm3 of
mercury is added
into the bowl, what
happen to the
h = 76 mm
value of h ?
A > 76 mm
B < 76 mm
C 76 mm
EVALUATION
2. A barometer is placed in an A P
region where the atmospheric
B P and Q
pressure is 76 mm Hg. Which
of the diagrams shows the C Q and R
correct level of the mercury. D P, Q and R
P Q R
vapour
h = 76 mm
h = 76 mm
h > 76 mm
EVALUATION