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ideal gas law

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ideal gas law
[īdē′əl]
Etymology: Gk, idea, form, chaos, gas; AS, lagu, law
the rule that PV = nRT, with the product of pressure (P) and volume (V) equal to the product of the number of moles of gas (n), absolute temperature (T), and a gas constant (R).


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According to the ideal gas law, PV = nRT, raising the pressure will keep the oxygen gas volume small.
Insight into ideal rubbery behavior can be gleaned by comparing equation 8 to the ideal gas law, p = nRT(1/V), (9) where p = pressure; n = moles of gas; V = volume.
Rivier says the deviation may stem from subtle differences between the physical properties of an actual network of bubbles and the theoretical ideal -- just as real gases stray from ideal gas laws.
 
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