Virtual Lab: Air

Now we are going to apply a force to the top of the box, compressing it in the same way that Joana pressed the plunger to compress the air in the syringe. You can choose to push with no force, or with one, two, four or eight units of force. The final volume in each case will be shown as a fraction of the original volume. With each compression, the distance between particles will, on average, be smaller.

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