Name: _________________ Date: ________________

Grade & Section: ______________ Score: _________

Getting to Know Gases

Objective:
Prove that gases have the following properties: mass, volume, temperature, and
pressure.

Materials:
For Activity A: For Activity B:
Syringe or pipette and aspirator thermometer (360C)
100-mL graduated cylinder alcohol lamp
200 mL water tripod
20 mL Cooking oil wire gauze
Match
denatured alcohol
ice
500-mL beaker or any tin can
For Activity C:

Erlenmeyer flask
alcohol lamp
tripod
wire gauze
match
denatured alcohol

A. Gases and Its Volume

1. Put approximately 50.0 mL of water in the graduated cylinder.
2. Cover the water with cooking oil up to approximately 70.0 mL. Let the oil settle at
the top of the water.

3. Dip the tip of the pipette/syringe in the water-oil mixture until it reaches the water portion of
the mixture. Carefully press the aspirator at the other end of the pipette to introduce air in the
mixture. A syringe can be used as a substitute for pipette.
4. Carefully remove the pipet from the water-oil mixture. Read the final volume
after introducing air in the water-oil mixture.
Note: If pipette and aspirator/ are not available, you may instead use syringe.

5. Perform three trials and write your data on Table 2.

Table 2. Data for the Volume of Air Trapped in the Water-Oil Mixture

Trial Volume of water Total volume when Difference in mass

plus oil air was introduced (Inflated-deflated)
(mL) (mL) (mL)

1.
2.

3.
Averag
e

Q1. What happens to the volume reading of the water-oil mixture when air is introduced to it?

Q2. What does it indicate?

B. Gases and Its Temperature

1. Pour approximately 150 mL of water in a beaker or any tin can.
2. Measure the initial temperature of the air just above the water level.

3. Fill the beaker with crushed ice up to the water level. After 5 minutes, measure the
temperature of the air just above the water level.

4. Assemble the wire gauze, tripod, and alcohol lamp. Set aside the iced water. Replace the
content of the beaker with tap water. Place the beaker with water on the wire gauze.

5. Heat the water until it boils and get the temperature of the air just above the water level.
6. Perform three trials and write your data on Table 3.
Table 3. Temperature of Water Vapor

Trial Temperature of the Air (C)

Initial Above the ice water Above the boiling
(room temperature) water
1.
2.
3.
Average

Q1. Is there a difference in the temperature of air among the three set-ups?
Q2. Explain the difference in temperature of air.

Note: Use the boiling water for the next set-up.

C. Gases and Its Pressure
1. Transfer the hot water into the Erlenmeyer flask.
2. Carefully place the inflated balloon on the mouth of the Erlenmeyer flask with
hot water. Observe what happens.

Q1. What happens to the inflated balloon?

Q2. What causes this phenomenon?

3. Remove the inflated balloon from the Erlenmeyer flask.

4. Get a deflated balloon and place it at the mouth of the Erlenmeyer flask.
5. Assemble the wire gauze, tripod, and alcohol lamp. Heat the Erlenmeyer flask with a
deflated balloon.
Q3. What happens to the shape of the balloon?

Q4. What causes the balloon to change its shape and size?

Draw what happens to the balloon.