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  2. Bulk modulus - Wikipedia

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    Strictly speaking, the bulk modulus is a thermodynamic quantity, and in order to specify a bulk modulus it is necessary to specify how the pressure varies during compression: constant- temperature (isothermal ), constant- entropy (isentropic ), and other variations are possible. Such distinctions are especially relevant for gases.

  3. Compressibility - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, the compressibility (also known as the coefficient of compressibility[1] or, if the temperature is held constant, the isothermal compressibility[2]) is a measure of the instantaneous relative volume change of a fluid or solid as a response to a pressure (or mean stress) change.

  4. Relations between heat capacities - Wikipedia

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    The laws of thermodynamics imply the following relations between these two heat capacities (Gaskell 2003:23): Here is the thermal expansion coefficient: is the isothermal compressibility (the inverse of the bulk modulus): and is the isentropic compressibility: A corresponding expression for the difference in specific heat capacities (intensive ...

  5. Thermal equation of state of solids - Wikipedia

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    Thermal equation of state of solids. In physics, the thermal equation of state is a mathematical expression of pressure P, temperature T, and, volume V. The thermal equation of state for ideal gases is the ideal gas law, expressed as PV=nRT (where R is the gas constant and n the amount of substance), while the thermal equation of state for ...

  6. Compressibility equation - Wikipedia

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    Compressibility equation. In statistical mechanics and thermodynamics the compressibility equation refers to an equation which relates the isothermal compressibility (and indirectly the pressure) to the structure of the liquid. It reads: where is the number density, g (r) is the radial distribution function and is the isothermal compressibility.

  7. Compressibility factor - Wikipedia

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    Compressibility factor values are usually obtained by calculation from equations of state (EOS), such as the virial equation which take compound-specific empirical constants as input. For a gas that is a mixture of two or more pure gases (air or natural gas, for example), the gas composition must be known before compressibility can be calculated.

  8. Heat capacity ratio - Wikipedia

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    1.365. In thermal physics and thermodynamics, the heat capacity ratio, also known as the adiabatic index, the ratio of specific heats, or Laplace's coefficient, is the ratio of the heat capacity at constant pressure (CP) to heat capacity at constant volume (CV). It is sometimes also known as the isentropic expansion factor and is denoted by γ ...

  9. Birch–Murnaghan equation of state - Wikipedia

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    The third-order Birch–Murnaghan isothermal equation of state is given by = [() / /] {+ (′) [() /]}. where P is the pressure, V 0 is the reference volume, V is the deformed volume, B 0 is the bulk modulus, and B 0 ' is the derivative of the bulk modulus with respect to pressure. The bulk modulus and its derivative are usually obtained from ...