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* <math> p </math> is the [[pressure]] | * <math> p </math> is the [[pressure]] | ||
* <math> V </math> is the volume | * <math> V </math> is the volume | ||
* <math> N </math> is the number of molecules | * <math> N </math> is the number of molecules | ||
* <math> n </math> is the number of moles | * <math> n </math> is the number of moles | ||
* <math> T </math> is the absolute [[temperature]] | * <math> T </math> is the absolute [[temperature]] | ||
* <math> k_B </math> is the [[Boltzmann constant]] | * <math> k_B </math> is the [[Boltzmann constant]] | ||
* <math> R </math> is the [[molar gas constant]]. | |||
* <math> R </math> is the | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[Category:Equations of state]] | [[Category:Equations of state]] | ||
[[category: ideal gas]] | [[category: ideal gas]] | ||
Revision as of 17:21, 6 February 2008
The ideal gas equation of state, developed by Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799-1864 France), is given by:
or
where:
- is the pressure
- is the volume
- is the number of molecules
- is the number of moles
- is the absolute temperature
- is the Boltzmann constant
- is the molar gas constant.
