Unit · year 1
CU-104 · States of Matter & Gases
Threads energy · structure5 results
Gases, liquids and solids, and the kinetic picture that explains gas behaviour.
Results in this unit
T-018
The ideal gas law
PV = nRT, assembled from the empirical gas laws.
T-019
Kinetic theory of gases
Pressure as the rate of molecular momentum transfer to the walls.
T-020
The distribution of molecular speeds
Temperature sets the spread of molecular speeds.
T-021
The van der Waals equation
Real gases corrected for molecular size and attraction.
T-022
Graham's law of effusion
Effusion rate varies inversely with the square root of molar mass.