Equation of State: Ideal Gas

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The ideal gas equation of state, developed by Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron in 1834 [1] is given by:

or

where:

  • is the pressure
  • is the volume
  • is the number of molecules
  • is the number of moles
  • is the absolute temperature
  • is the Boltzmann constant
  • is the molar gas constant.

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  1. Émile Clapeyron "Mémoire sur la puissance motrice de la chaleur", Journal de l'Ecole polytechnique, Tome 14 pp. 153-190 (1834) (Check this)