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The ideal gas law solves for temperature
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PV = nRT. Given a pressure, a volume and an amount, the temperature is fixed — one mole in 22.4 litres at one atmosphere sits near the freezing point of water. Worked & sealed by the engine — T = PV/(nR) ≈ 273 K. [HOLDS; open the seal to re-check.]
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card_works_ideal_gas
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