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An equation, such as PV = nRT, which relates two or more of the quantities that describe the state of a system.
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is any equation that relates the pressure, temperature, and specific volume of a substance. Property relations that involve other properties of a substance at equilibrium states are also referred to as equations of state.
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an equation which relates the variables of state (T, P, V, and n)
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the relation between the pressure and density of a given type of matter, which is an indication of how the matter resists squeezing. If the matter resists squeezing strongly (e.g., water), the equation of state is stiff; if it resists squeezing only weakly (e.g., air), the equation of state is soft.
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A relationship between the state variables of the system. Simple systems in equilibrium are fully specified by two properties such as temperature and volume; all the other functions of state are functions of these. For an ideal gas, the equation of state is ; for an ideal paramagnet it is where is a constant.
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the ratio of the pressure to the energy density in the dark energy or vacuum energy. Usually denoted by . For the cosmological constant w = -1.
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the state of an ideal gas can be shown to be p=RT, where p is the pressure; is the specific volume; R is the specific gas constant; and T is the absolute temperature
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An equation that describes the behavior of matter in a given state; the van der Waals equation describes the behavior of the gaseous state.
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the relation that describes the state or condition of a material as determined by how the temperature, density, and pressure depend on each other in the material.
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In physics and thermodynamics, an equation of state is a relation between state variables. More specifically, an equation of state is a thermodynamic equation describing the state of matter under a given set of physical conditions. It is a constitutive equation which provides a mathematical relationship between two or more state functions associated with the matter, such as its temperature, pressure, volume, or internal energy.
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In cosmology, the equation of state of a perfect fluid is characterized by a dimensionless number w, equal to the ratio of its pressure p to its energy density ρ: w=p/\rho . It is closely related to the thermodynamic equation of state and ideal gas law. The equation of state is used to describe the evolution of a perfect fluid in a homogeneous isotropic universe, the Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker universe.
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