Ideal Gas

Brief

Ideal Gas is a concept where:

• gas is composed with molecules of negligible volume;
• interaction between the molecules is negligible.

Equation Of State

It all started with Boyle-Charles Law published in 1662 .

The Ideal Gas EOS:

$PV = n RT = \frac{m}{M} RT$

Nomenclature

$m$ = mass, lb_m

$M$ = molecular weight, lb_m/lb_mol

$n$ = number of moles, lb_mol

$P$ = Pressure, psia

$R$ = universal gas constant, 10.7316 psia ft³/ lb_mol/ °R

$T$ = temperature, °R

$V$ = volume, ft³