The Ideal Gas Law: A Theoretical Derivation #khanacademytalentsearch

This video provides a theoretical derivation of the ideal gas law. Some of the assumptions made in the model are as follows: 1. The gas molecules are small point masses 2. Collisions between molecules and walls are perfectly elastic 3. The distance between molecules is, on average, much larger than the size of the molecules 4. The molecules have no preferred direction of motion and are moving randomly 5. Newton's Laws apply 6. There is no interaction between molecules except for their collisions (no repulsion or attraction)