Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question

From	John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com>
Newsgroups	sci.physics
Subject	Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question
Date	2026-04-18 15:29 -0500
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Stefan Ram writes:
> meaning the pressure rises with the heat with no dependency on m!

Correct.  It's the number of particles and degrees of freedom that
matter.  But if you stick with the same gas the number of particles goes
up with the mass.

The ideal gas law is an approximation, of course.  Real gases aren't so
simple.
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John Hasler 
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA

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ideal gas law - pressure and mass question Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com> - 2026-04-17 11:39 -0800
  Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-04-17 23:51 +0200
    Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com> - 2026-04-18 08:45 -0800
      Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2026-04-18 14:02 -0500
      Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-04-18 19:40 +0000
        Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2026-04-18 15:29 -0500
        Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-04-18 21:49 +0000
  Re: ideal gas law - pressure and mass question John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2026-04-17 16:22 -0500

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