Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question

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 Christopher Howard writes:
> My question: will the rate of pressure change, over time, be dependent
> on how great a mass of gas I have originally pumped into the
> container? I.e., will my pressure gauge needle swing more slowly if I
> have 10 kg of the gas in there, as opposed to 1 kg?

Yes.
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John Hasler 
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Elmwood, WI USA

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ideal gas law - pressure and mass question Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com> - 2026-04-17 11:39 -0800
  Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-04-17 23:51 +0200
    Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com> - 2026-04-18 08:45 -0800
      Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2026-04-18 14:02 -0500
      Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-04-18 19:40 +0000
        Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2026-04-18 15:29 -0500
        Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-04-18 21:49 +0000
  Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2026-04-17 16:22 -0500

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