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Gases & Kinetic Theory
Exam-focused revision notes on Gases & Kinetic Theory for CSIR-NET Chemical Sciences, GATE Chemistry and IIT-JAM — the core concepts, the formulas worth memorising, the traps that cost marks, and a quick-recall table.
The ideal gas, and the two assumptions that break
The ideal gas law assumes molecules have no volume and no attractions. Everything in this unit is either a consequence of those assumptions or a correction to them.
What this note covers
- 1The ideal gas, and the two assumptions that break
- 2Kinetic theory
- 3The three speeds
- 4Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution
- 5Effusion and diffusion
- 6Real gases
- 7Critical constants and corresponding states
- 8Collisions and transport
- 9Common traps students miss
- 1030-second recall table
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