A New Perspective on Classical Ideal Gases

The ideal-gas barometric and pressure laws are derived from the Democritian concept of independent corpuscles moving in vacuum, plus a principle of simplicity, namely that these laws are independent of the kinetic part of the Hamiltonian. A single corpuscle in contact with a heat bath in a cylinder...

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Main Authors: Fabrice Philippe, Jacques Arnaud, Laurent Chusseau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-08-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/9/3379