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Hi! Here, by the factor of pressure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_theory is cuboidal container. What is the difference by the factor, when it is a spheric container?
Hello,
if I understand the question correctly, you mean to ask :"What would the result of the calculation of pressure be, if they used a spherical (ball) container instead of a cubic one?"
The answer to this question is "None at all." Cubic container is used in this calculation (and others) only because it offers a clear illustration of the physics. The calculus involving a cubic container (or any cuboid block) is particularly easy to grasp, it contains only adding multiplying and dividing. The same result can of course be obtained for containers of arbitrary shapes, but the calculus may get so advanced that only science college graduates would benefit from it. That would go against the purpose of that particular Wikipedia page.
Take care!
Daniel
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