Ideal gas equation
What Ideal gas equation means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Written as pV = nRT for n moles and pV = NkT for N molecules, relating pressure, volume, amount of gas and absolute temperature.
The equation pV = nRT, to which the combined relationship pV ÷ T = constant leads.
pV = nRT links pressure, volume, amount and temperature.
Topics that use Ideal gas equation
- Ideal gases (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Non-flow processes (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Absolute zero
- Adiabatic change
- Avogadro constant
- Boltzmann constant
- Boyle's law
- Control of variables
- Gas laws
- Isochoric
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