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Gas pressure is caused by the gas molecules moving back and forth.

You can increase the gas pressure by putting gas into a container with hard walls, i.e. not flexible as in a balloon, and doing one or more of the following:

  • Increasing the amount of gas (pumping gas in)
  • Increasing the temperature
  • Reducing the volume (as in a piston)

For more details, read about the "ideal gas law".

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What effect does an increase in temperature have on a gas's volume and pressure?

As indicated by the Ideal Gas Laws, increasing temperature will tend to increase both volume and pressure. Of course, volume can't always increase, that depends upon the flexibility or inflexibility of the container that the gas is in, and if the volume does increase that will counteract the increase in pressure that would otherwise have happened. Temperature, pressure, and volume are all interconnected in a gas.


What happens when you compress a gas and how does it affect its properties?

When a gas is compressed, its volume decreases and its pressure and temperature increase. This causes the gas molecules to move closer together, leading to an increase in density. As a result, the gas becomes more difficult to compress further and its properties, such as its density, pressure, and temperature, change accordingly.


What will increase the volume of gas?

change the pressure and/or the temperature of the gas


What happens to a gas when it expands?

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Does temperature of a gas increase or decrease under pressure?

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Describe the changes in gas pressure?

The increase in solubility causes increase in pressure.


What causes a pressure in a gas?

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In a pressure chamber filled with gas above a liquid solution a decrease in volume causes?

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How will a pressure increase affect a gaseous system?

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What factor causes more gas to dissolve in a liquid?

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Increase the pressure of a gas by?

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How does the pressure of a gas change if you increase volume?

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If temperature increases, either the volume or the pressure must increase. Since you have limited the volume by closing the container, pressure must increase.


When applying heat to a gas in a closed the container the pressure will?

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