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Ideal Gas Law Using Density

The ideal gas law is the equation of state of a hypothetical ideal gas. An ideal gas is a theoretical gas composed of many randomly moving point particles whose only interactions are perfectly elastic collisions.

The molar mass times the volume of an ideal gas equals the product of the molar gas constant, mass density and temperature.

Formula

QuantityVariable["m", "MolarMass"]*QuantityVariable["P", "Pressure"] == Quantity[1, "MolarGasConstant"]*QuantityVariable["T", "Temperature"]*QuantityVariable["ρ", "MassDensity"]

symbol description physical quantity
m molar mass "MolarMass"
P pressure "Pressure"
T temperature "Temperature"
ρ mass density "MassDensity"

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FormulaData[
 ResourceObject[
  "Ideal Gas Law Using Density"], {QuantityVariable[
   "\[Rho]","MassDensity"] -> 
   Quantity[1.2925`, ("Kilograms")/("Meters")^3], 
  QuantityVariable["P","Pressure"] -> Quantity[1, "Atmospheres"]}]
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