Feeling Gassy
A balloon swells in a hot car?
Charles' Law!
Boskovich describes his atoms as this.
Springs!
Believes that "nothing comes from nothing".
Lucretius
A squirt gun is hard to pump.
Boyle's Law!
Lucretius describes the first motion of his atom as a ____________
Swerve.
Bonus: What implications are there for the swerve?
Calls atoms "Particles", and believes that "all bodies gravitate toward each other -- especially his impenetrable Particles.
Newton!
Filled bike tires cannot be crushed.
Boyle's Law!
extended, impenetrable, hardness, movability, inertial, solid, massy, entire, eternal
Understands that atoms have an innate attraction and repulsion
Boskovich
Car tires deflate on cold mornings.
Charles' Law!
How does caloric affect atoms?
According to Lavoisier, as caloric increases in heat, atoms both begin to move and separate from each other in a more excited way. So atoms move away from their fixed state, but are also more likely to combine.
Lavoisier.
An aerosol can (like hair spray) explodes in the sun.
Psych! Lussac's Law, which is the inverse of Charles' Law.
Charles' Law = the volume is directly proportional to the temperature of the gas at constant pressure
Lussac's Law = pressure is directly proportional to temperature at constant volume.
What is void replaced with?
Caloric (igneous fluid)
Believes atoms to be like sheep or pigeons.