Thermodynamics

1. Statement of the Law or Concept Overview The Perfect Gas Equation (also known as the Ideal Gas Equation) combines…

1. Statement of the Concept The Universal Gas Constant (R) is a fundamental constant that appears in the Ideal Gas

1. Statement and Concept Overview An Ideal Gas or Perfect Gas is a hypothetical gas that strictly obeys all gas

1. Statement of the Concept The pressure of a gas is the force exerted per unit area by the molecules

1. Statement of the Concept The kinetic energy of a gas molecule is the energy possessed by it due to

1. Concept Overview The Latent Heat of a substance is the amount of heat required to change the state of

1. Concept Overview In thermodynamics, gases exhibit two distinct specific heats: One when pressure is kept constant, called specific heat

1. Statement of the Law At constant temperature, the pressure of a given mass of gas is inversely proportional to

1. Statement of the Law Charles’s Law states that: “The volume of a given mass of gas is directly proportional

1. Statement of the Law Gay-Lussac’s Law (also called Regnault’s Law) states that: “The pressure of a given mass of