gas

Also known as gaseous matter, gases

thumb|Suspended particulates indicate the movement of the surrounding gas.

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A gas is a form of matter that spreads out to fill any space available to it, as you can see from how suspended particles move through the air around it. Gases matter because they're all around us—from the air we breathe to the gases used in industrial processes—and understanding how they behave helps us understand the world.

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Research

536,555 papers

Effect of occupational exposure to petrol and gasoline components on liver and renal biochemical parameters among gas station attendants, a review and meta-analysis.Reviews on environmental health · 2020Rahimi Moghadam S, Afshari M, Ganjali A et al.DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2019-0107
Gas-powered pulmonary resuscitators.Health devices · 1989
Gas sniffing as a form of substance abuse.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 1984Remington G, Hoffman BFDOI: 10.1177/070674378402900107
Biofuels combustion.ReviewAnnual review of physical chemistry · 2013Westbrook CKDOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040412-110009
Gasoline sniffing.ReviewThe American journal of medicine · 1985Fortenberry JDDOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(85)90525-x
Gas taxes and motor vehicle fatalities.Journal of health politics, policy and law · 1988Leigh JP, Frank ALDOI: 10.1215/03616878-13-4-723
Toxicology update. Gasoline.ReviewJournal of applied toxicology : JAT · 1989
Lead in petrol.British medical journal (Clinical research ed.) · 1982

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Article

35 sections

Contents

Elemental gases
Etymology
Physical characteristics
Macroscopic view of gases
Pressure
Temperature
Specific volume
Density
Microscopic view of gases
Kinetic theory of gases
Thermal motion and statistical mechanics
Brownian motion
Intermolecular forces - the primary difference between ''Real'' and ''Ideal'' gases
Mathematical models
Ideal and perfect gas
Real gas
Permanent gas
Historical research
Boyle's law
Charles's law
Gay-Lussac's law
Avogadro's law
Dalton's law
Special topics
Compressibility
Boundary layer
Turbulence
Viscosity
Reynolds number
Maximum entropy principle
Thermodynamic equilibrium
See also
Notes
References
Further reading

thumb|Suspended particulates indicate the movement of the surrounding gas.

Gas is a state of matter with neither fixed volume nor fixed shape. It is a compressible form of fluid, in contrast to a liquid. A pure gas consists of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), or molecules (e.g. oxygen (O2) or carbon dioxide). Pure gases can also be mixed together such as in the air. What distinguishes gases from liquids and solids is the vast separation of the individual gas particles. This separation can make some gases invisible to the human observer.