molar gas constant
physical constant; the molar equivalent to the Boltzmann constant
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The molar gas constant is a number that relates the energy of gas molecules to their temperature, but measured on a large scale—for a whole mole (a huge batch) of gas particles rather than individual ones. It's essential for calculating how gases behave under different conditions of pressure, volume, and temperature, making it fundamental to chemistry and physics.
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Heating gas at constant pressure and constant-volume The molar gas constant (also known as the gas constant, universal gas constant, or ideal gas constant) is denoted by the symbol R or R. It is the molar equivalent to the Boltzmann constant, expressed in units of energy per temperature increment per amount of substance, rather than energy per temperature increment per particle. The constant is also a combination of the constants from Boyle's law, Charles's law, Avogadro's law, and Gay-Lussac's law. It is a physical constant that is featured in many fundamental equations in the physical sciences, such as the ideal gas law, the Arrhenius equation, and the Nernst equation.
The gas constant is the constant of proportionality that relates the energy scale in physics to the temperature scale and the scale used for amount of substance. Thus, the value of the gas constant ultimately derives from historical decisions and accidents in the setting of units of energy, temperature and amount of substance. The Boltzmann constant and the Avogadro constant were similarly determined, which separately relate energy to temperature and particle count to amount of substance.