Deriving Kinetic energy of gas

We will only consider the x direction

Average time between collisions of one
particle on the same wall
But there are a large number of molecules. Total force
will be average time N

Relate to pressure
So for all 3 directions
Link Kinetic Energy to temperature
Average Kinetic energy per molecule
 Real gases
The equation of state for an ideal gas applies to most real gases. There are two assumptions
of an ideal gas that do not hold for real gases:
● The particles contained in the gas are point particles without size.
● There are no inter-particle forces between the gas particles.
We can see how this affects our results:
● Since particles do occupy their own volume, the real volume they occupy is the volume
of the container, V, minus a little bit.
● Inter-particle forces between the particles do exist (these are the London or Van der
Waals forces). These forces are a consequence of the charge distributions within the real
gas molecules. The effect of these forces is to increase the pressure, p, by a little bit.
 Real gases
You do not need to know the details of how the equation of state is modified for real gases.
However, you do need to know under what circumstances real gases behave much like an
ideal gas such that their equation of state may be approximated by pV=nRT. An ideal gas
may describe the behaviour of a real gas well if the gas is:
● at a low pressure
● with moderate to high temperatures
● at low densities.