Why is there no relationship between pressure and temperature in solids and liquids?

There is a clear connection with gases, but why not with solids and liquids?

Asker: Nico, 17 years old

Answer

For a gas, there is a relationship between pressure and temperature if you keep the volume constant.

In a sense, this is also the case for a solid and a liquid: if you keep the volume constant and you increase the temperature, you will have to exert a force to compensate for the thermal expansion. A tension (force per unit area) is created in the material that depends on its coefficient of thermal expansion and its modulus of elasticity.

Why is there no relationship between pressure and temperature in solids and liquids?

Answered by

Professor Walter Lauriks

Physics Acoustics

Catholic University of Leuven
Old Market 13 3000 Leuven
https://www.kuleuven.be/

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