About Gas Properties
Pump gas molecules to a box and see what happens as you change the volume, add or remove heat, and more. Measure the temperature and pressure, and discover how the properties of the gas vary in relation to each other. Examine kinetic energy and speed histograms for light and heavy particles. Explore diffusion and determine how concentration, temperature, mass, and radius affect the rate of diffusion.
How to play Gas Properties
Everything is hands-on: drag, click and experiment — the simulation reacts instantly. Pump gas molecules to a box and see what happens as you change the volume, add or remove heat, and more.
Questions & answers
- What is Gas Properties?
- Gas Properties is a free interactive simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder) that you can play right in your browser on crumble.lol — no downloads and no sign-up. Pump gas molecules to a box and see what happens as you change the volume, add or remove heat, and more. Measure the temperature and pressure, and discover how the properties of the gas vary in relation to each other.
- What can kids learn from Gas Properties?
- It helps kids explore: determine how changing a variable among p, v, n, and t influences other gas properties. describe the relationship between particle-wall collisions and pressure. predict how changing temperature will affect the speed of molecules. predict the speed of molecules in thermal equilibrium based on the relative masses of molecules. identify when pressure-volume work is done on or by a gas. explain how two gases mix. design an experiment to find the factors which affect the rate of diffusion.
- What age is Gas Properties good for?
- It is designed for high school up to university, and curious kids outside that range can absolutely enjoy poking around it too.
- Is Gas Properties free to play?
- Yes — Gas Properties is completely free on crumble.lol and runs fully in your browser on computers and tablets.