Leumas Physics

Internal Energy of a Monatomic Gas

U = 1.5·n_mol·R·T

What it says

All the energy of a monatomic ideal gas is the kinetic energy of its atoms.

Symbols

SymbolQuantityDimension
UInternal energy (J)M L^2 T^-2
n_molAmount of substance (mol)N
TTemperature (K)Θ

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