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    the heat capacity ratio, also known as the adiabatic index, the ratio of specific heats, or Laplace's coefficient, is the ratio of the heat capacity at...
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    =c_{p}/c_{V}} is the heat capacity ratio. The term specific heat may also refer to the ratio between the specific heat capacities of a substance at a given...
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    Heat capacity or thermal capacity is a physical property of matter, defined as the amount of heat to be supplied to an object to produce a unit change...
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  • isochoric). The ratio between the two, however, is the same heat capacity ratio obtained from the corresponding specific heat capacities. This property...
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  • The volumetric heat capacity of a material is the heat capacity of a sample of the substance divided by the volume of the sample. It is the amount of energy...
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  • In thermodynamics, the heat capacity at constant volume, C V {\displaystyle C_{V}} , and the heat capacity at constant pressure, C P {\displaystyle C_{P}}...
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    adiabatic compressibility is directly related to pressure through the heat capacity ratio (adiabatic index), while pressure and density are inversely related...
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  • {\gamma }{\gamma -1}}} , where γ {\displaystyle \gamma } is the heat capacity ratio c p / c v {\displaystyle c_{p}/c_{v}} of the gas and where p 0 {\displaystyle...
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  • Heat specific heat Heat capacity Heat capacity ratio Heat equation Heat transfer coefficient Latent heat Specific heat capacity Specific melting heat...
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  • which determines the ratio of the molar heat capacities of a gas, i.e. the ratio of C p {\displaystyle C_{\text{p}}} (heat capacity at constant pressure)...
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  • Euler–Mascheroni constant in mathematics gamma rays and the photon the heat capacity ratio in thermodynamics the Lorentz factor in special relativity the flight...
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    the adiabatic index or the heat capacity ratio. Some published sources might use k instead of γ. Molar isochoric specific heat: c V = R γ − 1 {\displaystyle...
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  • 57721566490153286 The heat capacity ratio Cp /Cv in thermodynamics The activity coefficient in thermodynamics The gyromagnetic ratio in electromagnetism...
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    heat capacity ratio defined as γ = C P C V = f + 2 f . {\displaystyle \gamma ={\frac {C_{P}}{C_{V}}}={\frac {f+2}{f}}.} Here CP is the specific heat for...
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    }}}={\text{constant}}} wherein γ {\displaystyle \gamma } is the heat capacity ratio ( γ ≈ {\displaystyle \gamma \approx \,} 7⁄5) for air. The combination...
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    gas contains water vapor and carbon dioxide which both have lower heat capacity ratio than air. Adding exhaust gas therefore reduces pressure and temperature...
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    _{0}RT}{A_{\mathrm {r} }(\mathrm {Ar} )M_{\mathrm {u} }}}},} where: γ0 is the heat capacity ratio (⁠5/3⁠ for monatomic gases such as argon); T is the temperature,...
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  • where PR is the pressure ratio and gamma the heat capacity ratio of the fluid, 1.4 for air. Keep in mind that pressure ratio scales exponentially with...
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    approximately equal to 1, since it is low-order function of the heat capacity ratio or adiabatic index γ = C P C V , {\displaystyle \gamma ={\frac {C_{P}}{C_{V}}}...
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    {1}{\beta _{T}}}+{\frac {\Lambda ^{2}T}{\rho c_{v}}},} where γ is the heat capacity ratio, α is the volumetric coefficient of thermal expansion, ρ = N/V is...
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  • specific heat problem in classical mechanics. The original theory proposed by Einstein in 1907 has great historical relevance. The heat capacity of solids...
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    {\displaystyle \gamma } is the heat capacity ratio. Figure 1 indicates how the cycle efficiency changes with an increase in pressure ratio. Figure 2 indicates how...
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    calorically perfect nature, high speed of sound, and high value of the heat capacity ratio, it is also useful in supersonic wind tunnels and impulse facilities...
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    were commonly used as fuels for large liquid-fueled rockets. Their high heat of vaporization kept regeneratively-cooled engines from melting, especially...
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    Under these conditions, p1V1γ = p2V2γ, where γ is defined as the heat capacity ratio, which is constant for a calorifically perfect gas. The value used...
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    to two important relations between heat capacities: the constant gamma actually represents the heat capacity ratio in the ideal polytropic gas: c p c...
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  • was suggested by Eucken, where γ {\displaystyle \gamma } is the heat capacity ratio of the gas. The entirety of this section assumes the mean free path...
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  • gamma Lorentz factor unitless photon gamma ray shear strain radian heat capacity ratio unitless surface tension newton per meter (N/m) Δ {\displaystyle...
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    Jupiter). With this index, the polytropic exponent is 5/3, which is the heat capacity ratio (γ) for monatomic gas. For the interior of gaseous stars (consisting...
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  • constant (γ), of an electromagnetic wave Heat capacity ratio or adiabatic index (γ), the ratio of the heat capacity at constant pressure to that at constant...
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