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ideal gas

theoretical gas composed of many randomly moving point particles whose only interactions are perfectly elastic collisions
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Summary

ideal gas is a scientific model[1]. It draws 3,024 Wikipedia views per month (scientific model category, ranking #12 of 74).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: mathematical model[3], gas[4]
  • Has use: ideal gas law[5]
  • Opposite of: real gas[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ideal gas[7]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/ideal-gas[9]
  • Studied by: thermodynamics[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[12]

Why It Matters

ideal gas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

thermodynamics

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Ideal gas
    Has use → ideal gas law
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Subclass of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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