Brownian motion, quite right

Kinetic Molecular Theory

so this experiment suggests the pressure gradient exists in our atmosphere due to acceleration

There's also a temperature gradient

ya but temperature gradients don't cause a pressure gradient, in a contained volume of gas

A temperature gradient is NOT present in the car/balloon example however

WRONG,

no sorry that would violate the 2nd law of thermo

I freeze air, the pressure drops to zero

No it doesn't

kinetic energy of the gas is entirely dependent on temperature

freezing air is not a temperature GRADIENT

ya but those gas molecules are not prevented from mixing with all other molecules in the volume

Temperature decreases with elevation so does pressure.
We can easily experimentally prove that pressure is dependent on temperature.

yes that's true

but that's not the same as a temperature gradient

take a vessel of air

heat the whole thing

pressure goes up

There's a temperature gradient, there's a pressure gradient.

heat just the bottom, pressure goes up evenly throughout it, just not as much as if you heat the whole thing

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no that wouldn't happen, b/c the gas molecules are free to mix and equalize pressure

you can't have a pressure difference without a barrier between them

same argument you make about earth's atmosphere

atmo WHAT?

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The fuck did you just say?

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atmo- suurrrfffeeeeaarr

The sky is flat as fuck

back tot the topic

No stop putting words in my mouth

tell me why you think you can get a pressure gradient, in one container of gas

please describe waht you're saying

same argument I make about Earth's atmo-what?

I don't argue the sky is spherical at all

it's flat

i didn't say you did

i said atmosphere

yes you fucking did