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On a Link between Classical Phenomenological Laws of Gases and Quantum Mechanics

Classical Physics 2008-05-30 v1 General Physics

Abstract

In this paper we find a connection between the macroscopic classical laws of gases and the quantum mechanical description of molecules, composing an ideal gas. In such a gas, the motion of each individual molecule can be considered independently on all other molecules, and thus the macroscopic parameters of ideal gas, like pressure P and temperature T, can be introduced as a result of simple averaging over all individual motions of molecules. It is shown that for an ideal gas enclosed in a macroscopic cubic box of volume V, the constant, in the classical law of adiabatic expansion, i.e.PV^5/3=const, can be derived, based on quantum mechanics. Physical implications of the result we disclose are discussed. In any case, our finding proves, seemingly for the first time, a macroscopic manifestation of a quantum mechanical behavior, and this in relation to classical thermodynamics.

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@article{arxiv.0805.4494,
  title  = {On a Link between Classical Phenomenological Laws of Gases and Quantum Mechanics},
  author = {Tolga Yarman and Alexander Kholmetskii and Onder Korfali},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.4494},
  year   = {2008}
}

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