perfect gas

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a hypothetical gas with molecules of negligible size that exert no intermolecular forces

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Determining the thermodynamic state of the stagnation point is more difficult under an equilibrium gas model than a perfect gas model. Source: Internet

Mayer 's relation relates the specific gas constant to the specific heats for a calorically perfect gas and a thermally perfect gas. Source: Internet

The perfect gas theory is elegant and extremely useful for designing aircraft but assumes that the gas is chemically inert. Source: Internet

This critical half-angle can be estimated using perfect gas theory (this specific aerodynamic instability occurs below hypersonic speeds). Source: Internet

Two-temperature ideal gas This is a subset of the perfect gas regime, where the gas can be considered chemically perfect, but the rotational and vibrational temperatures of the gas must be considered separately, leading to two temperature models. Source: Internet

Under a perfect gas model there is an elegant set of equations for determining thermodynamic state along a constant entropy stream line called the isentropic chain. Source: Internet

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