ideal gas law
Americannoun
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A law that describes the relationships between measurable properties of an ideal gas. The law states that P × V = n × (R) × T, where P is pressure, V is volume, n is the number of moles of molecules, T is the absolute temperature, and R is the gas constant (8.314 joules per degree Kelvin or 1.985 calories per degree Celsius). A consequence of this law is that, under constant pressure and temperature conditions, the volume of a gas depends solely on the number of moles of its molecules, not on the type of gas.
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Also called universal gas law
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"Knowledge of Bernoulli's law, the ideal gas law, and isothermal expansion are the three ingredients we baked into a model to explore how this device worked," Lipscombe said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2024
As is apparent from Figure 9.35, the ideal gas law does not describe gas behavior well at relatively high pressures.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
What can we learn from this atomic and molecular version of the ideal gas law?
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The left-hand side of the ideal gas law is PV , which also has the units of joules.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
We also noted in our discussion of the ideal gas law that PV has units of energy.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
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