A microscopic, mechanical derivation for the adiabatic gas relation
Physics Education
2009-11-10 v1 General Physics
Abstract
It is shown that the ideal gas adiabatic relation, P*V^gamma=constant, can be derived by considering the motion of a particle bouncing elastically between a stationary wall and a moving wall.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0310015,
title = {A microscopic, mechanical derivation for the adiabatic gas relation},
author = {Paul M. Bellan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0310015},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To be published in American Journal of Physics, 12 pages, 3 figures