A sample of gas has a pressure due to the collisions of moving gas particles with the container walls. This pressure can be understood at the particle level. Each collision of a gas particle with the container wall results in a force on the wall. Because there are so many particles colliding so frequently with the container wall, there is enough force that accumulates to result in a noticeable pressure. Any variable that effects the ratio of the cumulative amount of force per unit of wall area will effect this pressure.
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Version 1:Container A is larger than Container B. It's volume and surface are noticeably greater. Both containers are filled with the same number of particles of gas. The type of gas in the two containers are the same. And the speed with which the particles move (on average) is the same for both containers. Which container will have the greatest gas pressure?