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Kinetic Theory of Gases by Cornell University

Kinetic Theory of Gases by Cornell University

Kinetic Theory of Gases by Cornell University

This note covers the following topics: Pressure of an Ideal Gas, Temperature and Energy, Distributions, Mean Values and Distribution Functions, The Maxwell Distribution of Speeds, Energy Distributions, Collisions: Mean Free Path and Collision Number.

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