Questions tagged [ideal-gas]
For questions about the ideal gas law or gases which can be well approximated as an ideal gas.
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Pressure exerted by a particle of ideal gas
There is a step I fail to grasp in the proof that for a monatomic ideal gas, $U=\frac{3}{2}PV$, where $U$ denotes the internal energy of the gas.
The proof involves considering a particle with mass $m$...
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What is the physical significance of the universal gas constant R?
While studying work done in isothermal processes I was told that the universal gas constant $R$ is the work done by the gas per mole per kelvin. I am sure I am missing something basic but I didn't ...
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Confusion in Van der Waals Equation
I understand that the behavior of ideal gases deviates largely from that of real gases in terms of pressure exerted by the gas molecules on the container in which it is present, space available for ...
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Dalton's law clarification
I'm looking at Elements of Physical Chemistry by Atkins and de Paula. In section 1A.3, they state Dalton's law as
The pressure exerted by a mixture of perfect gases is the sum of the pressures that ...
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How much energy is required to operate a Sabatier reactor?
I am trying to model some industrial processes and having a hard time finding information about the Sabatier reaction. The Sabatier reaction combines $\ce{CO2}$ (and possibly $\ce{CO}$) with $\ce{H2}$ ...
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Will entropy increase in adiabatic expansion? [closed]
The formula for entropy change states that change in entropy is not possible if heat change is nil.
∆S=∆Q/T
But what if we adiabatically expand a gas? Won't the molecules get more space to vibrate in, ...
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Is the change ΔG for an ideal gas unknown?
When one is introduced to the first law of thermodynamics, one learns that enthalpy is only a function of temperature, and calculating its changes is straightforward
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Specific Heats for Non-Constant Processes
Why can the specific heat at constant Pressure ($C_p$) be used to calculate the change in enthalpy as $\text{d}H = C_p\text{d}T\newcommand{\d}{\text{d}}$ for processes that are not even at constant ...
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