Monday, April 11, 2011

Gas Simulation Conclusion

After testing the pressure in the simulator for the same amounts of heavy and light molecules (115, 230, 345, and 460), I generally found that the lighter molecules created less pressure. This could be because pressure is a measurement of the collision force, and the greater the mass of an object, the greater the force exerted by it. One thing that I found strange was that at 115 molecules, the pressure was approximately the same (.59 for heavy, and .6 for light). However, there might be a flaw in my data because the pressure varied constantly on the reader, as the molecules bounced around within the chamber.

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