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Research: Science and Education
Derivation of the Ideal Gas Law
Alexander Laugier and József Garai
IdPCES - Centre d' affaires PATTON, 6, F35700 Rennes, France

József Garai
Department of Earth Sciences, Florida International University, University Park, Miami, FL 33199

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November 2007
Vol. 84 No. 11
p. 1832
Abstract
Undergraduate and graduate physics and chemistry books usually state that combining the gas laws results in the ideal gas law. Leaving the derivation to the students implies that this should be a simple task, most likely a substitution. Boyle's law, Charles's law, and the Avogadro's principle are given under certain conditions; therefore, direct substitution can not be employed. Straightforward derivation of the ideal gas law from the gas laws is presented.
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Laugier, Alexander; Garai, József. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 1832.
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Keywords
Gases; Graduate Education / Research; Mathematics / Symbolic Mathematics; Physical Chemistry; Textbooks / Reference Books; Thermodynamics; Upper-Division Undergraduate
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9/27/2007
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