Compressing the gas

• From mechanics

  • work = force × distance
  • force = pressure × (area of piston)
  • volume change = (area of piston) × distance
  • Solving:

• From gas theory

  • The idea gas law:
  • N ? number of molecules
  • k ? Boltzmann’s constant (in joules/Kelvin)

• Solving:

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