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| The particles are so small compared with the distances between them that the volume of the individual particles can be assumed to be negligible. |
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| The particles are in constant motion. The collisions of the particles with the walls of the container are the cause of the pressure exerted by the gas. |
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| The particles are assumed to exert no forces on each other; they are assumed neither to attract nor to repel each other. |
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| The average KE of a collection of gas particles is assumed to be directly proporional to the Kelvin temp of the gas. |
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