Explain why, when calculating the pressure a gas exerts on a wall, only the component…

PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Further mechanics and thermal physics · Further mechanics and thermal physics

Problem

Explain why, when calculating the pressure a gas exerts on a wall, only the component of the atomic force that is perpendicular to the wall is included.

Related theory

Kinetic Theory of Gases
Kinetic theory of pressure
Pressure of an ideal gas
Kinetic Theory
Thermodynamics

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