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ISBN: 9781260411393

Author: Tillery

Publisher: MCG COURSE

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Ideal gas law states that the product of pressure and volume of a gas directly varies with the product of the number of moles, the universal gas constant, and the temperature of the gas.

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Chapter 18, Problem 7QFT

Describe the origin of the magnetic strip patterns found in the rocks along an oceanic ridge.

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