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	P from the kinetic theory of gases
		The kinetic theory of the ideal gas envisions the ideal gas as a cloud of non-interacting point particles.
		A fundamental assumption of the kinetic theory of gasses is that a gas atom's momentum is described by the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
		The kinetic theory ansatz[1] is that W(r, p) is taken to apply at a single time, the evolution of the system to other times being determined by applying the laws of mechanics.
	users.wpi.edu /~phillies/stat7/node3.html (775 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.
		Now, suppose the weapon of the ideal army to be a club, or, as it were, a molecular cricket0bat; and suppose for convenience the mass of each demon with his weapon to be several times greater than that of a molecule.
		On the other hand the chance against there being exactly 2-10ths of the whole number of particles of nitrogen, and at the same time exactly 2-10ths of the whole number of particles of oxygen in the first specified part of the vessel is only 4021 × 10³ to 1.
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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)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Kinetic theory of gases
		In physical chemistry, the kinetic theory of gases is a theory that explains the macroscopic[?] properties of gases by consideration of their composition at a molecular level.
		Gases are composed of molecules in constant random, motion.
		Pressure 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.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ki/Kinetic_theory_of_gases (492 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kinetic theory of gases
		The kinetic theory of gases is a theory that explains the macroscopic properties of gases by consideration of their composition at a molecular level.
		Pressure is explained by the kinetic theory as arising from the force exerted by collisions of gas molecules with the walls of the container.
		As postulated in the kinetic theory, the collisions of molecules are 100% elastic such that no energy is lost during collisions.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kinetic-theory-of-gases (744 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)

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		Kinetic theory or kinetic theory of gases attempts to explain macroscopic properties of gases, such as pressure, temperature, or volume, by considering their molecular composition and motion.
		In this work, Bernoulli positioned the argument, still used to this day, that gases consist of great numbers of molecules moving in all directions, that their impact on a surface causes the gas pressure that we feel, and that what we experience as heat is simply the kinetic energy of their motion.
		Pressure is explained by kinetic theory as arising from the force exerted by colliding gas molecules onto the walls of the container.
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	The kinetic Theory of Gases at Eduseek.com
		Introduction to the Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases - A break down of the kinetic-molecular theory of gases into four postulations
		Kinetic Molecular Theory - The kinetic molecular theory of gases
		Kinetic Theory of Gases - The kinetic theory of gases and how it relates to the gas laws and diffusion and effusion
	www.eduseek.com /topic.aspx?ID=3025 (106 words)

	Ideal Gas Law
		In such a gas, all the internal energy is in the form of kinetic energy and any change in internal energy is accompanied by a change in temperature.
		The temperature is taken to be proportional to this average kinetic energy; this invokes the idea of kinetic temperature.
		In the kinetic theory of gases, there are certain constants which constrain the ceaseless molecular activity.
	hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu /hbase/kinetic/idegas.html (1049 words)

	Erik's Chemistry: Chapter 6: Kinetic Theory of Gases
		Gases consist of particles (atoms or molecules) in continuous, random motion.
		The average energy of translational motion of a gas particle is directly proportional to temperature.
		In addition to the postulates above, it is assumed that the volumes of the particles are negligible as compared to container volume and attractive forces between particles are neglected.
	members.tripod.com /~EppE/ktgases.htm (247 words)

	Kinetic Books - Summary of Virtual Labs
		There are six groupings of labs: Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves, Kinetic Theory of Gases, Electricity and Magnetism, Optics, and Special Relativity.
		If your school does not have a spacecraft for lab use, you are in luck: Kinetic Books has two labs about orbital mechanics.
		The lab starts with several exercises that explore the relationship between the potential and kinetic energy of an object in orbit.
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	THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
		This book introduces physics students and teachers to the historical development of the kinetic theory of gases, by providing a collection of the most important contributions by Clausius, Maxwell and Boltzmann, with introductory surveys explaining their significance.
		In addition to five thematic essays connecting the classical kinetic theory with 20th century topics such as indeterminism and interatomic forces, there is an extensive international bibliography of historical commentaries on kinetic theory, thermodynamics, etc. published in the past four decades.
		The book will be useful to historians of science who need primary and secondary sources to be conveniently available for their own research and interpretation, along with the bibliography which makes it easier to learn what other historians have already done on this subject.
	www.icpress.co.uk /books/histsci/p281.html (0 words)

	PhilSci Archive - Theory Reduction: the case of the kinetic theory of gases
		Theory Reduction: the case of the kinetic theory of gases
		Uchii, Soshichi (1999) Theory Reduction: the case of the kinetic theory of gases.
		The kinetic theory is a theoretical attempt to explain the nature of gases and heat processes, in general, in terms of the movements of numerous molecules constituting a gas.
	philsci-archive.pitt.edu /archive/00000174 (192 words)

	Home School Online Science Library - Kinetic Theory of Gases 3
		The theory of gases, which tries to explain the gas laws and properties of gases on the basis of the assumption that molecules of gases are constantly at random motion, is called the kinetic theory of gases.
		The kinetic theory of gases is developed with certain assumptions about the nature and state of motion of the molecules of gases.
		The average kinetic energy is directly proportional to the absolute temperature of the gas.
	www.wonderwhizkids.com /Physics/Heat/Thermodynamics/Kinetic+theory+of+gases/Kinetic+Theory+of+Gases+3.html (316 words)

	Home School Online Science Library - Assumptions of Kinetic Theory of Gases 1
		However, unless the temperatures are very low or the pressures very high, the kinetic theory of gases can be applied with reasonable accuracy to predict the behavior of real gases.
		For those cases where the simple kinetic theory fails, modifications and corrections can be added to make the theory agree with the observed phenomena.
		However, concepts of kinetic theory of gases continue to be the basis of the modified theories.
	www.wonderwhizkids.com /Chemistry/Atomic+world/Kinetic+Theory+of+Gases/Assumptions+of+Kinetic+Theory+of+Gases/Assumptions+of+Kinetic+Theory+of+Gases+1.html (209 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)

	Kinetic theory of gases
		The greatest extant treatise on atomic theory and its implications for religion, human life, the existence of the soul, and death, is De Rerum Natura ("On the Nature of Things"), written...
		Arguably, the atomic theory is one of the most important theories in the history of science, with wide-ranging implications for both pure and applied science.
		Modern chemistry (and biochemistry) is based upon the theory that all matter is made up of atoms of different elements, which cannot be transmuted by chemical means.
	www.experiencefestival.com /kinetic_theory_of_gases (298 words)

	Chapter 10 - Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases
		Gases consist of large numbers of molecules in continuous random motion.
		The average kinetic energy of the gas molecules is directly proportional to the absolute temperature of the gas.
		The average kinetic energy of a gas is dependent only upon the absolute temperature of the gas.
	www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu /~woodward/ch121/ch10_kinetic.htm (714 words)

	The Kinetic Theory of Gases (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1922, Chapman considered the transport phenomena in ionized gases, in the discussion of which the slow decrease of electrostatic forces with distance produces convergence difficulties.
		His success with a more exact theory led Chapman to be strongly critical of approximate theories of the transport phenomena, particularly of diffusion.
		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)

	AUFBAU1 [SELECTED PRINCIPLES: KINETIC THEORY]
		The main points in the kinetic theory of gases can be summarized as follows.
		And five, the average kinetic energy of the particles is proportional to the absolute temperature of the gas.
		The average kinetic energy, and so the average speed, of molecules in a gas increases with temperature.
	www.wissensdrang.com /auf1kt.htm (336 words)

	Gas Turbine Parts
		Gases are, likeliquids, fluids: they have the ability to flow and do not resist deformation.
		The kinetic energy in a gas is the second greatest of the states of matter (after plasma).
		Because of this increased kinetic energy, gas atoms and molecules tend to bounce off of one another, more so as the kinetic energy is increased.
	www.altvetmed.com /face/38177-gas-turbine-parts.html (627 words)

	Timeline of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and random processes - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		1738 - Kinetic theory of gases first proposed by Daniel Bernoulli but fails to gain recognition in the face of Joseph Black's caloric theory.
		1843 - John James Waterston fully expounds the kinetic theory of gases but is ridiculed and ignored.
		1850 - Rankine uses his vortex theory to establish accurate relationships between the temperature, pressure and density of gases, and expressions for the latent heat of evaporation of a liquid.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Timeline_of_thermodynamics%2C_statistical_mechanics%2C_and_random_processes (781 words)

	SparkNotes: SAT Physics: The Kinetic Theory of Gases & the Ideal Gas Law
		We said earlier that temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy of the molecules in a material, but we didn’t elaborate on that remark.
		One of the most important results of the kinetic theory is the derivation of the ideal gas law, which not only is very useful and important, it’s also almost certain to be tested on SAT II Physics.
		The kinetic theory explains why temperature should be a measure of the average kinetic energy of molecules.
	www.sparknotes.com /testprep/books/sat2/physics/chapter12section2.rhtml (1721 words)

	Kinetic Theory of Gases
		Gases can be studied by considering the small scale action of individual molecules or by considering the large scale action of the gas as a whole.
		The model, called the kinetic theory of gases, assumes that the molecules are very small relative to the distance between molecules.
		The temperature of a gas is a measure of the mean kinetic energy of the gas.
	www.grc.nasa.gov /WWW/K-12/airplane/kinth.html (381 words)

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