Open AccessOn the application of the kinetic theory of gases to the electric, magnetic, and optical properties of diatomic gases
Publication year - 1901
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9126
pISSN - 0370-1662
DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1901.0014
Subject(s) - diatomic molecule , kinetic energy , kinetic theory , boltzmann constant , hydrogen , simplicity , oxygen , atomic physics , molecule , physics , chemistry , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics
The aim of this paper is to apply the method of “The Boltzmann - Maxwell Kinetic Theory of Gases” to the electric, magnetic, and optical properties of gases. For the sake of simplicity the molecule is supposed to consist of two atoms, so that the results apply to gases such as Hydrogen or Oxygen.