Physics A-Level
Microscopic interpretation of temperature
What Microscopic interpretation of temperature means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Microscopic interpretation of temperature
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Temperature alone fixes mean kinetic energy, so at a given T all gas molecules have the same average translational energy regardless of mass.
Topics that use Microscopic interpretation of temperature
- 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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