universal gas constant

American

noun

Physics.

a constant, 8.314 joules per degree Kelvin, equal to the product of the pressure and the volume of one gram molecule of an ideal gas divided by the absolute temperature. R

universal gas constant British

noun

another name for gas constant

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We define the universal gas constant R = NAk , and obtain the ideal gas law in terms of moles.

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