Ideal Gas Laws and Kinetic Theory Simulator for A Level Physics
Explore AQA and OCR A Level thermal physics by changing pressure, volume, thermodynamic temperature, amount of gas and molar mass in an interactive ideal-gas and kinetic-theory model.
Learning guide and suggested activities
What this tool shows
Relationships between pressure, volume and temperature
Ideal gas behaviour
How kinetic theory links temperature to particle speed
OCR A relevance
Module 5: Thermal physics
Ideal gas equation
Kinetic theory of gases
AQA relevance
AQA 7408 section 3.6.2.2: ideal gases
AQA 7408 section 3.6.2.3: molecular kinetic theory
AQA Paper 2 calculations and explanations
Try these tasks
Hold temperature constant and halve volume. What happens to pressure?
Keep pressure constant and double temperature. What happens to volume?
Link the average kinetic energy of particles to temperature.