Physics A-Level
Microscopic interpretation of pressure
What Microscopic interpretation of pressure means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Pressure depends on the number of molecules, their mass, the mean square speed and the volume, linking microscopic motion to measurable pressure.
Topics that use Microscopic interpretation of pressure
- 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
- Internal energy and the ideal-gas model
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