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Six Easy Pieces · Why a gas pushes on its container

Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands
Book cover: Six Easy Pieces · Why a gas pushes on its container by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands

Gas pressure results from molecular collisions; changing density or molecular speed changes the pressure.

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