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The Ideal Gas Law...

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I just used this as a lame joke in <dd>'s blog, and that got me thinking of another lame joke that could take up a whole entry in MY BLOG! How could I resist, really? Besides, I have nothing else to add besides complaining....

 

As you should know, the Ideal Gas Law is...

 

PV=nRT

 

Here's how it applies to college life.

 

(Peer Pressure) * (Volume of Homework) = (Number of pounds I've gained by eating way too much greasy food) * (constant stress) * (temperature of fever)

 

:P

 

Okay, so I might have a bleak outlook on college life so far... I've always hated school to a degree, and it's all the worst because I take school seriously too, so I can't just skip off classes whenever I feel like it. I think my courses would be a bit easier if I didn't have Chemistry and a lab every week to freak me out. Anyway, it's also my first semester, so this is just shock from not being in high school anymore (and sometimes that is a shock when I remember that).

 

Some people say that college is one of the best parts of their lives. These are the people that are taking business degrees, and have only two classes two days out of the week. :glares:

 

*note: no offense to anybody who can be offended by any of this... you should know that by reading this blog that you are exposing yourself to my thoughts and, if taken in the incorrect way, may prove poisonous... :P *

 

Also of note... I still have chem homework done (Ideal Gas Law, coincidental) and I'm on BZP. Strange how that always seems to happen.

 

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Kumata

Hatred for college life comes and goes for me. When people say that college was 'the best part of their lives' I think they mean the times outside of college rather than in it. :P

 

:k::n:

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xccj

Perfectionist. Worst, you only explain that I'm wrong with a vague connection... :annoyed2:

 

Besides, P in PV=nRT is referring to a state, not a unit of measurement (pascals is what you're referring to, right?) If it were all in units of measurement, it'll be something like atm *L = mol * (L * atm / K * mol) * K. Anyway, isn't density represented by "p", so thus pressure couldn't be "p" but would instead be "P".

 

Besides, my chemistry book has the Ideal Gas Equation written out as PV=nRT. You may be years ahead of me in chemistry, but you can't be correcting a textbook yet, can you?

 

*done defending himself against Makaru, the mad chemist* ^_^

 

:music:

 

Edit: Besides, if you are so hot on what's capitalized and what's not, you missed my real mistake... the constant "R" is capitalized while the the number of moles "n" isn't capitalized... I mixed those two around at first, and now edited them for correctness. :sly:

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Makaru

Density = ρ (rho)

Pressure = p

 

Industry standards. You've got the right idea, though.

 

And if I can correct the Teacher (repeatedly...), I think I can point out the flaws in whatever out-of-date textbook you would be using.

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xccj

Zumdahl, Steven S. Chemical Principles, Fifth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2005. USA.

 

You'd think the dang book would at least get the unit abbreviations right... but then again, we USAstiners still can't handle the concept of a meter over a foot, so yeah... SI units all the way, baby.

 

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