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Physics · L4 · From Molecular Motion to Gas Pressure

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Conceptual chain linking molecular collisions, temperature, and macroscopic gas pressure.

by @openstemUpdated Physics
💨 N molecules in random motion, container volume VEach collision with a wall transfers momentum 2mv_xSum over all molecules and time ⇒ force per unit areaP = (1/3) Nm⟨v²⟩ / VCombine with PV = nRT⟨KE⟩ = (3/2)k_BT per molecule

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