States of Matter & Gas Laws
2 terms
Real Gas
States of Matter & Gas Laws
Dimensionless
An actual gas whose behaviour deviates from the ideal gas law because its molecules occupy volume and attract one another.
Z = pV / nRT ≠ 1
Root Mean Square Speed
States of Matter & Gas Laws
m/s
The square root of the average of the squared molecular speeds in a gas sample.
c_rms = √(3RT / M)