PhysicsCode 9702
Equation of state
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- appreciate that a gas for which pV ∝ T, with T the thermodynamic temperature, is called an ideal gas
- recall and use the ideal gas equation of state in two forms: pV = nRT, with n = the amount of substance in moles, and pV = NkT, with N = the number of molecules
- recall that k, the Boltzmann constant, is expressed as k = R/NA