Physics A-Level
Internal energy and the ideal-gas model
What Internal energy and the ideal-gas model means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Internal energy and the ideal-gas model
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Reference: OCR
The total kinetic energy of the molecules of an ideal gas, since the ideal-gas model treats intermolecular potential energy as negligible.
Topics that use Internal energy and the ideal-gas model
- Ideal gases (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Absolute zero
- Assumptions of ideal-gas behaviour
- Assumptions of kinetic theory
- Avogadro constant
- Boltzmann constant
- Gas laws
- Ideal gas assumptions
- Kelvin scale
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