Imagining Gas Behavior

Tiny particles so far from each other cannot interact very much. Things are less complicated then. Like most stars in space. Vast distances between them. We can imagine a gas particle as a point, traveling on and on until it bumps into something exerting a tiny pressure -- on its container or another particle. If a collision with another happens fast, then any sort of polarized interaction is insignificant. But what if the collision is a slower event? A low temperature, say lower than room temp, is a measure of slower collisions. When we all slow down, we can interact more, get to know each other, build social networks. So much interaction leads to stronger ties -- binary stars maybe, or liquid networks. Get those tiny particles to SLOW down enough and gases can even become liquids - AND/OR - PUSH those tiny particles close enough and gases can become liquids. Slow speeds measured by low temperatures, and crowding measured by high pressures and small volumes -- lead to interactions. Things get complicated. I'm not saying it's all fun and games attractions, those repulsions are important too! You can get too close. PV won't exactly predict the value of nRT. Our class experiments involved room conditions. We observed a simple relationship between P,V, n and T. How marvelous to summarize our observations on vast collections of these tiny particles designed by God with simple math! No harm in starting out simply -- we can include more complexity later if needed. Models in science -- start with simple observation, add a deeper layer when needed. The process becomes experiment, theorize, experiment again, modify the theory, repeat, repeat... No theory is without "holes".