When gas molecules collide, why is there no loss in kinetic energy?
1 Answer
May 11, 2017
We ASSUME that ideal gases:
- are non-interacting particles
- have negligible volumes in comparison to their container
- collide elastically with everything
Hence, we ASSUME they don't lose kinetic energy after collision. This clearly does NOT apply to real gases, which we know have intermolecular forces...
