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Boltzmann constant
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Boltzmann constant

In physics, the constant that relates the kinetic energy (energy of motion) of a gas atom or molecule to temperature. Its value is 1.38065 × 10−23 joules per kelvin. It is equal to the gas constant R, divided by Avogadro's number.


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where k is the Boltzman constant and T is the absolute temperature.
G is typically defined as NkT where N is the number of crosslinks per volume, k is the Boltzman constant and T is the absolute temperature.
 
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