What are the postulates of any given gas in kinetic molecular theory?
1 Answer
Jul 17, 2015
It depends on what you mean.
For ideal gases...
- Completely elastic collisions with each other and with container
- No interaction with each other
- Compressibility factor is 1
- Takes on shape of container
For real gases...
- Inelastic collisions with each other and with container
- Some interaction with each other ("stickiness")
- Compressibility factor deviates away from 1 in either direction, depending on whether the gas is easier to compress or expand
- Takes on shape of container
