Definition of Perfect gas

1. Noun. A hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces.

Exact synonyms: Ideal Gas
Generic synonyms: Gas

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perfect Gas

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Literary usage of Perfect gas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1904)
"This is not rigorously the case with ordinary gases, hypothesis. which do not accurately obey Boyle's law, but only holds for the ideal perfect gas, ..."

2. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1894)
"This is not rigorously the case with ordinary gases, which do not accurately obey Boyle's law, but only holds for the ideal perfect gas, to which the ..."

3. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"Stated in words : The mean kinetic energy of the molecules of a perfect gas is proportional to the absolute temperature of the gas r» and the ..."

4. Thermodynamics for Engineers by James Alfred Ewing (1920)
"Notion of a "Perfect" Gas. In dealing with the properties of gases and with ... Such a gas is called a "perfect" gas. The properties of real gases are most ..."

5. Principles of Thermodynamics by George Alfred Goodenough (1920)
"Carnot's Cycle for a perfect gas. — The efficiency of the Carnot cycle in terms of the temperatures of the source and refrigerator on the perfect gas scale ..."

6. A Text Book of the Principles of Physics by Alfred Daniell (1895)
"That expansion of a perfect gas would not, if no external work were done, affect its mean temperature : for, no internal and no external ..."

7. A System of Physical Chemistry by William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis, James Rice (1920)
"That is to say, we can regard Idv and pdv as identical numerically, and therefore for a perfect gas we can write the equation— rfQ = Cjit + pdv. ..."

8. An Advanced Course of Instruction in Chemical Principles by Arthur Amos Noyes, Miles Standish Sherrill (1922)
"State what percentage error would be made in calculating by the perfect- gas equation the volume of this gas at o° and 3 atm. Ans. a, —0.0073. 16. ..."

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