How Are Gas Laws Applied in Electrical Engineering?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the application of gas laws, such as the Ideal Gas Law, Charles' Law, Boyle's Law, and the Combined Gas Law, in the field of electrical engineering. Participants share their experiences and contexts in which these laws may be relevant, touching on both academic and practical applications.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express that they have not directly used gas laws in their electrical engineering work, noting their familiarity primarily from academic training.
  • Others indicate that they have utilized these gas laws during their studies and suggest that they can be useful for instrumentation in sensing or measuring related qualities when direct measurement is not possible.
  • A participant mentions applying gas laws in a professional context, specifically in designing gas flow controllers and vacuum gauges, but notes that the complexity of gas equations often led them to defer to physics specialists for more intricate calculations.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

There appears to be no consensus on the relevance of gas laws in electrical engineering, with some participants having practical experience while others have not encountered them in their work.

Contextual Notes

Participants' experiences vary widely, with some referencing academic knowledge and others discussing specific applications in industry, indicating potential limitations in the generalizability of their claims.

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Have you ever used the Ideal Gas Law, Charles' Law, Boyls' Law, or the Combined Gas Law for anything in electrical engineering?
 
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land_of_ice said:
Have you ever used the Ideal Gas Law, Charles' Law, Boyls' Law, or the Combined Gas Law for anything in electrical engineering?

Not me, just in undergrad training. Why do you ask?
 


I used all of these.
...To get my degree!

But you never know when you need a bit of instrumentation for sensing or measuring something, and can't get a sensor to directly measure that quality, but CAN measure something related, instead.
 


I used them at work, but the gas equations got even more complex, so I usually ran away and let the physics guys work on it.

PS - I designed gas flow controllers and vacuum gauges
 

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