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  2. Mean kinetic temperature - Wikipedia

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    Mean kinetic temperature (MKT) is a simplified way of expressing the overall effect of temperature fluctuations during storage or transit of perishable goods. The MKT is used to predict the overall effect of temperature fluctuations on perishable goods. It has more recently been applied to the pharmaceutical industry.

  3. Kinetic theory of gases - Wikipedia

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    In kinetic theory of gases, the mean free path is the average distance traveled by a molecule, or a number of molecules per volume, before they make their first collision. Let σ {\displaystyle \sigma } be the collision cross section of one molecule colliding with another.

  4. Temperature - Wikipedia

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    Temperature is a physical quantity that quantitatively expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness. Temperature is measured with a thermometer. It reflects the average kinetic energy of the vibrating and colliding atoms making up a substance.

  5. Boltzmann constant - Wikipedia

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    The root mean square speeds found at room temperature accurately reflect this, ranging from 1370 m/s for helium, down to 240 m/s for xenon. Kinetic theory gives the average pressure p for an ideal gas as = ¯.

  6. Dry-bulb temperature - Wikipedia

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    The dry-bulb temperature (DBT) is the temperature of air measured by a thermometer freely exposed to the air, but shielded from radiation. [1] The dry-bulb temperature is the temperature that is usually thought of as air temperature, and it is the true thermodynamic temperature. It is directly proportional to the mean kinetic energy of

  7. Plasma parameters - Wikipedia

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    The average means to average over the kinetic energy of all the particles in a system. If the velocities of a group of electrons , e.g., in a plasma , follow a Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution , then the electron temperature is defined as the temperature of that distribution.

  8. Thermodynamic temperature - Wikipedia

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    Thermodynamic temperature is a quantity defined in thermodynamics as distinct from kinetic theory or statistical mechanics.. Historically, thermodynamic temperature was defined by Lord Kelvin in terms of a macroscopic relation between thermodynamic work and heat transfer as defined in thermodynamics, but the kelvin was redefined by international agreement in 2019 in terms of phenomena that are ...

  9. Thermodynamic state - Wikipedia

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    Temperature (T) represents the average kinetic energy of the particles in a system. It's a measure of how hot or cold a system is. Pressure (P) is the force exerted by the particles of a system on a unit area of the container walls. Volume (V) refers to the space occupied by the system.