Etymology

Boltzmann's constant

Today it means: The physical constant relating energy at the particle level with temperature observed at the bulk level. It is the gas constant R divided by the Avogadro's number N_A:- k=R/(N_rm A), Full definition →

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For Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann.

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