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Kinetic Theory of Gases

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The kinetic theory of gases is a classical model of the thermodynamic behavior of gases that treats a gas as composed of numerous particles in constant, random motion, and whose introduction allowed many principal concepts of thermodynamics to be established.

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The kinetic theory of gases is a simple classical model of the thermodynamic behavior of gases. Its introduction allowed many principal concepts of thermodynamics to be established. It treats a gas as composed of numerous particles, too small to be seen with a microscope, in constant, random motion.
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