Kinetic Molecular Theory

  1. A gas consists of particles that have mass

  2. The distance between gas particles is large compared to the size of the particles can be assumed negligible gasses can be compressed

  3. Gas particles are in constant random motion

  4. Collisions of gas particles are perfectly elastic (no loss of energy with collisions)

  5. Average kinetic energy of particles depends on the temperature of gas

  6. Gas particles do not exert any attractive forces on one another.