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  • 5.8: Adiabatic Compressibility
    https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Physical_Chemistry_(Fleming)/05%3A_The_Second_Law/5.08%3A_Adiabatic_Compressibility
    Chapter 4 discusses isothermal compressibility, \(\kappa_T\), an important thermodynamic quantity that aids in understanding various thermodynamic processes. The text explores historical insights by I...Chapter 4 discusses isothermal compressibility, \(\kappa_T\), an important thermodynamic quantity that aids in understanding various thermodynamic processes. The text explores historical insights by Isaac Newton, who miscalculated the speed of sound due to an assumption of isothermal compression, rather than adiabatic compression as later corrected by Pierre-Simon Laplace.
  • 9.3: Pressure
    https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_North_Texas/UNT%3A_CHEM_1410_-_General_Chemistry_for_Science_Majors_I/Text/09%3A_Gases/9.03%3A_Pressure
    Pumping bicycle tires and blowing up balloons both utilize a concept we know intuitively and will know study in greater depth: pressure.
  • 9.3: Pressure
    https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/General_Chemistry/ChemPRIME_(Moore_et_al.)/09%3A_Gases/9.03%3A_Pressure
    Pumping bicycle tires and blowing up balloons both utilize a concept we know intuitively and will know study in greater depth: pressure.

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