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Old 23-May-2007, 03:58 AM
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Do you understand that even if there were no forces between the atoms in a gas, there would still be a pressure exerted on the walls of the container and that the pressure would increase as you squeezed it?
Actually, that would vastly simplify gas calculations (though nobody would be around to experience it, as all states of matter would be gaseous)