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Summary notes for topic 5.1 Thermal Physics (chapters 14 and 15 in the textbook) including explanations, definitions, diagrams, derivations, highlighted key points and equation break downs

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Particles And The Mole

The number of atoms / Molecules in a of gas
moles ( Md )
given volume is

expressed using
The amount of a substance indicates the number of elementary
entities within a given sample of substance

atoms in
One mole number of 0.012kg of carbon 12
: -




Avogadro constant Na , ,
6-02×1023


Therefore ,
the total number
of atoms / molecules in a substance is
given by :




N n × Na where is the number of moles of the
=
n

substance
The Kinetic
Theory Of Gases
Amodel used to describe the behaviour of atoms / molecules in
an ideal
gas

Assumptions made in the kinetic model for an ideal gas
:




The gas / molecules moving
contains a
very large number of atoms with random





directions speeds
+


Atoms / molecules of the gas occupy a negligible volume compared to the
volume of the
gas

Collisions of atoms / molecules with each other and with container walls
are
perfectly elastic

Time of collision is negligible compared to time between collisions

Electrostatic forces between atoms are
negligible except during collisions

, How do the atoms /Molecules in an ideal
gas cause
pressure ?
Atoms /molecules
always moving





• When atoms / molecules collide with the walls of a
container , the container exerts a force on them .




Atoms / molecules off the

change in momentum as
they bounce
wall

Atom also exerts an equal and opposite force on the Wall
( Newton 's third low)

p =
f- where A is the cross-sectional area of the wall As . a
A


large number of atoms / molecules collide randomly with and exert a
force on the walls pressure is caused
,




/
WM -





When an atom collides with a container wall elastically .
its speed does not

change
mu
mu
-



.




velocity charges from
'
to Ums !
-




Ums
-




Its
-









The total
atom •
Therefore its momentum
changes from mu to -

met .




change in
momentum is -2mn
-2mn and At is the time between
Newton 's second law Falun If where Dp
- -
=

=




before after collisions




Gas Laws




}
for constant mass and temperature :




p
¥ pV= constant
a




:
p¥ constant pill pzvz
= =
o

T, Tz
for • meant now me and mass ,




a T constant
p
p
=




for one mole of gas the ,
constant in the equations above is the
molar gas constant R which is equal to 8.31 JK 'm 01 "
, ,

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