Question:
Explain how gas pressure is produced in a closed container?
Answer:
- Gas molecules in a container are in constant and random motion.
- As a result, the gas molecules collide on the wall of the container.
- After colliding on the wall, the gas molecules bounce off, and the direction change creating a change of momentum to the molecule of the gas.
- The change of momentum produces a force on the wall.
- The force per unit area is the pressure on the wall.