Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases.

Maxwell, J. C. (1860). Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases. Philosophical Magazine, 19(124), 21-37.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1860

Volume

19

Issue

124

Pages

21-37

DOI

10.1080/14786446008642818

DOI registrant

Taylor & Francis

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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