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Does air in a container have weight?
The density of air depends on pressure and humidity. 2) You can weight it on a scale. But be very careful about this! The container and the air inside will weigh the same, but the difference in the buoyant force will be the weight of one cubic foot of air.
What will happen when you put air in a container?
Air, being a gas, expands to fill the container. Recall, solids do not deform without force, liquids take the shape of their container, and gases expand to fill the container.
Does air have weight or mass?
It might not seem like it, but air has weight. Anything with mass has weight, and we know air has mass because (for example) we can feel it when the wind blows. The total weight of the atmosphere exerts a pressure of about 14.7 pounds per square inch at sea level.
Does the air really have weight?
Air actually weighs 14.7 pounds per square inch at sea level. That means that every square inch of your body is being pressed on by 14.7 pounds of pressure.
What happens when air has weight?
Air has molecules that are constantly moving. Because air has mass, Earth’s gravity attracts it and gives it weight. Because it has weight, and the air molecules are constantly bumping into things, it exerts pressure. The Earth’s atmosphere is an extremely thin layer of air.
Why should you never heat a closed container?
This law explains why it is an important safety rule that you should never heat a closed container. Increasing temperature without increasing the volume available to accommodate the expanding gas means that pressure builds up inside the container and may cause it to explode.
What is a liquid Grade 4?
Characteristics of Liquids Liquids have a definite volume but not a definite shape. Gases expand to fill their container so that the volume they occupy is the same as that of the container. Solids retain both their shape and volume when moved from one container to another.
What is a solid grade 5?
Solids are materials that have a defined shape and volume that stays the same. Rocks are a good example of a solid – they have a rigid shape that isn’t easily changed. Liquids are a type of matter that changes shape depending on the shape of its container.
What happens to the gas in a closed container?
This is an example where the pressure inside the closed container is higher than atmospheric pressure, but it can be lower as well. What happens to the gas in a container depends on how flexible the container is. If I take a glass bottle and pump half the air out, the gas inside will stay at half atmospheric pressure.
What causes a container to collapse under atmospheric pressure?
The atmosphere presses on the bag and the bag transmits the pressure to the gas inside it. Unless the container is perfectly rigid, the atmosphere pressing on the container causes the container to press on the contents. If the contents don’t press back, the container will collapse under atmospheric pressure.
Why do gases in the same container have the same pressure?
The two forces act in opposite directions, and the piston has the same area on each side, which means that the two pressures have to be equal. This is the reason that gases inside containers reach the same pressure as the air outside – the volume of the gas will adjust until the forces acting on the container are balanced.
What is the momentum of a gas in a container?
When you have gas in a container, the three flows of momentum are passing right through the walls of the container through the gas and out the other side. So the gas has the same momentum-current inside as out, the same pressure inside as out, since the momentum is passing right through the walls.