Chemistry / Unit 7 Chem 1246 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Ideal Gas Assumptions
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The idea
The ideal gas law assumes gas particles have zero volume and exert no forces on each other.
In practice
Two ideal-gas particles could occupy the same point in space and pass through each other with no force between them.
Where people slip
Real gas particles have volume and do attract each other — Chem 1330 shows where these assumptions break down.
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