Summary:

  • The ideal gas law is a single equation which relates the pressure, volume, temperature, and number of moles of an ideal gas.
  • The constant can be evaluated provided that the gas being described is considered to be ideal.
  • The value of , the ideal gas constant, depends on the units chosen for pressure,Temperature, and volume in the idealGas equation.
  • It is important to choose the correct value of  to use for a given problem.
  • The ideal Gas Constant can be calculated using the equation below.
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