Gases, Kinetic Theory & Transport
A 23-module path through gases, kinetic theory & transport, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- State Variables and the Concept of an Equation of State
- Empirical Gas Laws: Boyle, Charles, Gay-Lussac
- Avogadro's Principle and the Molar Volume
- The Ideal Gas Law
- The Gas Constant and Unit Systems
- Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures
- Mole Fractions and Gas Mixtures
- Real Gases and Deviations from Ideality
- The Compressibility Factor
- The van der Waals Equation of State
- Isotherms and Critical Behavior of Real Gases
- Critical Constants and the van der Waals Constants
- The Law of Corresponding States
- Other Equations of State: Virial, Redlich-Kwong, Berthelot
- Kinetic Molecular Theory: Postulates and Pressure
- Molecular Interpretation of Temperature and Kinetic Energy
- The Maxwell-Boltzmann Speed Distribution
- Characteristic Molecular Speeds: Most Probable, Mean, RMS
- Collision Frequency and Collision Cross-Section
- Mean Free Path
- Effusion and Graham's Law
- Transport Properties of Gases: General Framework
- Gas Viscosity, Diffusion, and Thermal Conductivity