ideal gas law
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Summary
ideal gas law is a gas law[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of gas law entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,238 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: equation of state[3]
- Named after: Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron[4], Dmitri Mendeleev[5]
- Commons category: Ideal gas law[6]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[8]
- Studied by: statistical mechanics[9], thermodynamics[10]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[12]
Why It Matters
ideal gas law has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 118 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]