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What does the ideal gas law allow a scientist to calculate that the other gas laws do not?

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Stefan V. · Wil052

Feb 29, 2016

It allows for the calculation of moles

Explanation:

$P V = n R T \to$ $PV=nRT ->$ the ideal gas law equation

Here $n$ $n$ represents the number of moles of gas.

$P_{1} V_{1} = P_{2} V_{2} \to$ $P_1V_1 = P_2V_2 ->$ the equation for Boyle's Law

$\frac{P_{1} V_{1}}{T_{1}} = \frac{P_{2} V_{2}}{T_{2}} \to$ $(P_1V_1)/T_1 = (P_2 V_2)/T_2 ->$ the combined gas law equation

$\frac{P_{1}}{T_{1}} = \frac{P_{2}}{T_{2}} \to$ $P_1/T_1 = P_2/T_2 ->$ the equation for Gay Lussac's Law

None of the other gas laws include the number of moles of gas in their calculation

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