Labo des gaz parfaits
Des molécules qui rebondissent, une physique réelle : la pression émerge des chocs sur les parois tandis que P·V = n·R·T tient en direct.
C'est de la dynamique moléculaire réelle — aucune pression simulée. Les particules volent et rebondissent élastiquement sur les parois, et la pression est mesurée à partir de l'impulsion qu'elles transmettent aux parois (elle correspond à la théorique N·k_B·T/A). Chauffez le gaz pour accélérer les molécules, faites glisser le piston pour changer le volume, ajoutez des particules et observez P·V = n·R·T rester en équilibre avec R = 8,314 J/(mol·K).
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Formules et sources
P·V = n·R·T (R = 8.314 J/mol·K)
P from wall-collision impulse (measured)
½m⟨v²⟩ ∝ T (kinetic theory)
Boyle P∝1/V · Charles V∝T · Gay-Lussac P∝T
The units and constants behind this gas
pV = nRT carries four units at once — pascal, litre, kelvin and mole. Since 2019 the gas constant R is not measured at all: it is the product of two numbers the SI fixes by definition.
Where R comes from
- R = 8.314462618 J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹ Molar gas constant · exact, because R = N_A · k_B and both of those are fixed by definition
- N_A = 6.02214076 × 10²³ mol⁻¹ Avogadro constant · defines the mole — one mole is this many particles, by definition
- k_B = 1.380649 × 10⁻²³ J K⁻¹ Boltzmann constant · defines the kelvin — it turns a temperature into an energy per particle
How much room one mole of any ideal gas takes up
| Condition | Temperature | Pressure | Molar volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| IUPAC standard (0 °C, 100 kPa) | 273.15 K | 100 kPa | 22.711 L/mol |
| 0 °C at one atmosphere | 273.15 K | 101.325 kPa | 22.414 L/mol |
| Room temperature (25 °C) | 298.15 K | 101.325 kPa | 24.465 L/mol |
| Boiling water (100 °C) | 373.15 K | 101.325 kPa | 30.620 L/mol |
Computed live as V/n = R·T/p, using the exact molar gas constant from our constants page. The answer does not depend on which gas it is — that is what makes it ideal.
R stopped being a measured number in 2019
The 2019 SI redefinition fixed the Boltzmann constant (which defines the kelvin) and the Avogadro constant (which defines the mole). The gas constant is their product, R = N_A · k_B, so it inherited their exactness — 8.314 462 618… J mol⁻¹ K⁻¹, with no uncertainty left to measure.
See the seven defining constants →