ideal gas law

American  

noun

Physics.

1. the law that the product of the pressure and the volume of one gram molecule of an ideal gas is equal to the product of the absolute temperature of the gas and the universal gas constant.

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ideal gas law Scientific  

1. 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.

2. Also called universal gas law

3. See also Boyle's law Charles's law van der Waals equation

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Example Sentences

"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.

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In the drama that unfolded, one that included multiple court appearances and made the ideal gas law a household phrase, Brady was eventually suspended for four games in the 2016 season.

From New York Times

They would commence play after Barrie had finished giving a lecture on deviations from the ideal gas law.

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Pye was still on the phone when he started plugging numbers into the Ideal Gas Law: PV = nRT.

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