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Avogadro's Principle Equal volumes of gas at the same temperature and pressure will contain the same number of gas particles. This means if a room is filled with helium gas or if it is filled with oxygen gas, propane gas, or a water vapor, or Chanel No. 5..., it will contain the same number of gas particles so long as the temperature and the pressure is the same. People have measured this with respect to gases at standard temperature and pressure, finding that .... 22.4 liters of any gas at a temperature of 273K (0 C) and a pressure of 1 atm. (760 mm Hg) will contain one mole (6.02 x 1023 gas particles (molecules or individual gas atoms)22.4 liters/mole of any gas at STP Avogadro's my name and I'm a gas! A slightly changed version of a verse from "Shane Totten's (aka Captain Ecology) and Jeff Martis', Dave Wang's, and Matt Patterson's "Super Mole Shuffle" ca. 1986 |
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