Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases.

Maxwell, J. C. (1860). Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases. Philosophical Magazine, 19(124).

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1860

DOI

10.1080/14786446008642818

Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/14786446008642818

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physics

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4 citations across 4 artifacts.

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Primes

• Degrees of Freedom
  • In thermal physics and molecular kinetics, each quadratic degree of freedom

    This sourceAdvances the equipartition theorem — kinetic energy is equally divided among translational and rotational degrees of freedom — and derives the Maxwell velocity distribution; the source for equipartition assigning energy per quadratic DOF (and for the diatomic specific-heat puzzle Maxwell raised).

• Diffusion
  • Maxwell's

    This sourceIntroduces the mean free path and kinetic-theoretic averaging over molecular velocities, deriving the Maxwell velocity distribution and relating transport coefficients (viscosity, diffusion) to mean free path and molecular speed.

• Ensemble
  • James Clerk Maxwell

    This sourcederives the velocity-distribution law by averaging over molecular velocities, treating a gas as an ensemble of molecular realizations rather than tracking individual particles.

• Equilibrium
  • In statistical mechanics and kinetic theory, Maxwell's 1860 work on the distribution of molecular velocities

    This sourceDerives the Maxwell distribution of molecular velocities by statistical averaging over collisions — the first statistical law in physics — establishing the velocity distribution as the equilibrium form a colliding gas settles into.

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