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	Sci 122 Telecourse Program 26 Kinetic Theory
		The pool table is one of the best models for visualizing the kinetic theory of gases, with one important imperfection, which is is friction, which causes the balls on the table to slow down.
		As postulated in the kinetic theory, the collisions of molecules are 100% elastic such that no energy is lost during collisions.
		It is through kinetic theory that we obtain our best understanding of the distinction between heat and temperature and the nature of heat as a form of energy.
	honolulu.hawaii.edu /distance/sci122/Programs/p26/p26.html (2566 words)

	Kinetic theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kinetic theory attempts to explain macroscopic properties of gases, such as pressure, temperature, or volume, by considering their molecular composition and motion.
		Essentially, the theory posits that pressure is due not to static repulsion between molecules, as was Isaac Newton's conjecture, but due to collisions between molecules moving about with a certain velocity.
		Pressure is explained by kinetic theory as arising from the force exerted by colliding gas molecules onto the walls of the container.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kinetic_theory (1258 words)

	Revival of Kinetic Theory
		The "kinetic theory of heat" -- the old idea that heat is directly related to the kinetic energy of atomic motion -- had to be given serious consideration as soon as energy conservation and thermodynamics had been introduced in the middle of the 19th century.
		Another reason for favoring a kinetic theory of heat was the general adoption of the wave theory of light which -- combined with the view that heat and light are qualitatively the same phenomenon -- suggested that heat, like light, is a form of motion rather than a substance.
		But the result of this compromise was damaging to the kinetic theory all the same: the ratio of translational energy to total energy came to be 0.6315 for the common gases whose ratio of specific heats is 1.421.
	www.math.umd.edu /~lvrmr/History/Revival.html (1527 words)

	Charles F. Brush: Kinetic Theory of Gravitation
		We know that it gathers kinetic energy from some source, as evidenced by its acceleration; that this energy may do external work or develop heat; that the amount of energy gathered is measured directly by the distance fallen through (within the limits of uniform gravitation), irrespective of the time or rate of falling.
		I believe that kinetic energy of the aether is the fundamental cause of gravitation, and that a gravitating body plays a secondary role only in disturbing the normally uniform distribution of the aether’s energy, in manner I shall endeavor to explain later.
		Brush proposes a shadow theory of gravitation, a modification of Le Sages’s theory except that the pressure is supposed due to the non-syntonic impact of waves traveling in all direction, instead of to a bombardment of utterly minute particles flying at random.
	www.rexresearch.com /brush/brush~1.htm (7567 words)

	kinetic theory
		Theory describing the physical properties of matter in terms of the behaviour – principally movement – of its component atoms or molecules.
		The temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of movement of its constituent particles, increased temperature being accompanied by increased movement.
		A gas consists of rapidly moving atoms or molecules and, according to kinetic theory, it is their continual impact on the walls of the containing vessel that accounts for the pressure of the gas.
	www.uk.tiscali.com /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0028995.html (359 words)

	Kinetic Molecular Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Kinetic molecular theory is an attempt to explain some of the bulk properties of matter by describing how particles interact with one another.
		The average kinetic energy depends on temperature, the higher the temperature, the higher the kinetic energy and the faster the particles are moving.
		One assumption of the kinetic molecular theory is that the volume of the container is large enough that the volume of the particles is negligible.
	www.chemprofessor.com /kmt.htm (2030 words)

	AllRefer.com - kinetic-molecular theory of gases (Physics) - Encyclopedia
		The analysis of the behavior of an ideal gas according to the laws of mechanics leads to the general gas law, or ideal gas law: The product of the pressure and volume of an ideal gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature, or PV = kT (see gas laws).
		The theory further shows that the absolute temperature is directly proportional to the average kinetic energy of the molecules, thus providing an interpretation of the nature of temperature in general in terms of the detailed structure of matter (see temperature; Kelvin temperature scale).
		Pressure is seen to be the result of large numbers of collisions between the molecules and the walls of the container in which the gas is held.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/kineticm.html (304 words)

	Gas Laws and Kinetic Theory
		The absolute temperature of a gas is a measure of the average kinetic energy of its molecules.
		Although kinetic energy at a given temperature is the same for all gases, the molecular speeds are different.
		The kinetic‑molecular theory explains the gas laws on the basis of molecular speeds and collisions.
	members.aol.com /chemman41/gas_laws_and_kinetic_theory.htm (883 words)

	Le Sage's theory of gravitation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This theory posits that the force of gravity is the result of tiny particles moving at high speed in all directions, throughout the universe.
		Le Sage's theory enjoyed a resurgence of interest in the latter half of the nineteenth century, coinciding with the development of the kinetic theory of gases.
		The latter theory posits that the bimodal distribution of continental crust and ocean basins on the Earth is due not to plate tectonics on a globe of constant size, but rather to the formation of new oceanic crust on an expanding globe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kinetic_theory_of_gravity (6951 words)

	Kinetic Theory -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
		Jeans, J. An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases.
		Pauli, W. Thermodynamics and the Kinetic Theory of Gases.
		Woods, L. An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases and Magnetoplasmas.
	scienceworld.wolfram.com /physics/KineticTheory.html (132 words)

	The Kinetic Theory
		The energy associated with motion is called Kinetic Energy and this kinetic approach to the behavior of ideal gases led to an interpretation of the concept of temperature on a microscopic scale.
		The amount of kinetic energy each molecule has is a function of its velocity; for the large number of molecules in a gas (even at low pressure), there should be a range of velocities at any instant of time.
		By considering the average force exerted by the molecular collisions on the wall, Boltzmann was able to show that the average kinetic energy of the molecules was directly comparable to the measured pressure, and the greater the average kinetic energy, the greater the pressure.
	library.thinkquest.org /C001429/temperature/kinetic_theory.htm (318 words)

	More on Kinetic Theory
		The kinetic theory of gases is a theory that explains the macroscopic properties of gases by consideration of their composition at a molecular level.
		The fundamental principles of the kinetic theory are given in the form of several postulates:
		Pressure is explained by the kinetic theory as arising from the force exerted by collisions of gas molecules with the walls of the container.
	www.artilifes.com /kinetic-theory.htm (792 words)

	The Kinetic Molecular Theory
		The last postulate of the kinetic molecular theory states that the average kinetic energy of a gas particle depends only on the temperature of the gas.
		The average kinetic energy of the particles in a gas is proportional to the temperature of the gas.
		The key to this explanation is the last postulate of the kinetic theory, which assumes that the temperature of a system is proportional to the average kinetic energy of its particles and nothing else.
	chemed.chem.purdue.edu /genchem/topicreview/bp/ch4/kinetic4.html (1796 words)

	Kinetic Theory of Gases
		The kinetic approach to the behavior of ideal gases led to an interpretation of the concept of temperature on a microscopic scale.
		The amount of kinetic energy each molecule has is a function of its velocity; for the large number of molecules in a gas (even at low pressure), there should be a range of velocities at any instant of time.
		By considering the average force exerted by the molecular collisions on the wall, Boltzmann was able to show that the average kinetic energy of the molecules was directly comparable to the measured pressure, and the greater the average kinetic energy, the greater the pressure.
	www.csulb.edu /~rtoossi/PhysicsBook/book/Chap12-Gases/IdealGas/kinetic_theory/kinetic_theory.htm (680 words)

	Lord Kelvin \| Kinetic Theory of the Dissipation of Energy
		Far otherwise, however, is it in respect to the reversal of the motions of matter uninfluenced by life, a very elementary consideration of which leads to the full explanation of the theory of dissipation of energy.
		Do away with this impossible ideal, and believe the number of molecules in the universe to be infinite; then we may say one half of the bar will never become warmer than the other, except by the agency of external sources of heat or cold.
		This one instance suffices to explain the philosophy of the foundation on which the theory of the dissipation of energy rests.
	zapatopi.net /kelvin/papers/kinetic_theory.html (1676 words)

	Kinetic Theory of Matter - Succeed in Physical Science: School for Champions
		The Kinetic Theory of Matter states that the material's particles have greater kinetic energy and are moving faster at higher temperatures.
		The rate at which the kinetic or thermal energy is transferred from one particle to another depends on the separation of the particles and their freedom to move.
		One important result of the kinetic theory is that the average molecular kinetic energy is proportional to the absolute temperature of the material.
	www.school-for-champions.com /science/matter_kinetic_theory.htm (1658 words)

	Kinetic Theory
		The kinetic theory of gases is the study of the microscopic behavior of molecules and the interactions which lead to macroscopic relationships like the ideal gas law.
		Applying Newton's Laws to an ideal gas under the assumptions of kinetic theory allows the determination of the average force on container walls.
		This leads to a concept of kinetic temperature and to the ideal gas law.
	hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu /hbase/kinetic/kinthe.html (300 words)

	The Kinetic Theory of Gases
		His success with a more exact theory led Chapman to be strongly critical of approximate theories of the transport phenomena, particularly of diffusion.
		As he stressed, such theories either fail to predict thermal diffusion, or are liable to give an incorrect expression for it.
		His objection was not leveled at approximate theories as such, but at theories whose physical basis was inadequate, or in which there was no provision for estimating the errors involved, say by calculating a better approximation.
	www.gi.alaska.edu /chapman/kinetic.html (811 words)

	Introduction to Kinetic Molecular Theory - Velocity Distribution Functions
		Kinetic molecular theory, KMT for short, is very different from thermodynamics although it deals with some of the same variables, such as pressure, temperature, volume, and density.
		The internal energy of the gas in this model is the sum of the kinetic energies of all the molecules.
		This is reflected in kinetic molecular theory in that the probability function for molecules being near the velocity of light becomes vanishingly small.)
	www.chem.arizona.edu /~salzmanr/480a/480ants/kmtmod/kmtmod.html (2048 words)

	Kinetic Molecular Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The average kinetic energy of the molecules does not change with time (as long as the temperature of the gas remains constant).
		The average kinetic energy of the molecules is proportional to absolute temperature.
		In other words, if I have two gas samples, both at the same temperature, then the average kinetic energy for the collection of gas molecules in one sample is equal to the average kinetic energy for the collection of gas molecules in the other sample.
	wine1.sb.fsu.edu /chm1045/notes/Gases/Kinetic/Gases08.htm (563 words)

	Molecules
		Solids change into liquids, and liquids into gases, when the particles gain more kinetic energy, like when being heated and are able to move apart from one another.
		Temperature: a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of matter.
		C, they have so much kinetic energy that their collisions will break electrons out of the atoms, and a change in physical state occurs.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0110228/molecules/kinetic.htm (1016 words)

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