Pressure from number density and kinetic energy¶
The ideal gas equation can be written in an equivalent way using the number density of the gas and the average kinetic energy of gas particles.
Condition:
The gas is ideal.
Links:
- average_kinetic_energy¶
Average
kinetic_energy
of gas particles.
- Symbol:
avg(K)
- Latex:
\(\langle K \rangle\)
- Dimension:
energy
- number_density¶
number_density
of the gas.
- Symbol:
n
- Latex:
\(n\)
- Dimension:
1/volume
- Symbol:
p
- Latex:
\(p\)
- Dimension:
pressure
- law¶
p = 0.666666666666667 * n * avg(K)
- Latex:
- \[p = 0.666666666666667 n \langle K \rangle\]