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What is the difference between the Gas constant and the Universal Gas constant?

Tagged: 18, fluent, fluid-dynamics, Modeling/Setup Advice, Species/Reactions
    • August 25, 2023 at 12:15 pm
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      Fluent uses the Gas constant [J / kg / K], Universal Gas constant is the general gas constant [J / Kmol / K]. Note the different dimensions: Gas constant is the Universal Gas constant divided by the molecular weight of the specific gas. The Universal Gas constant in Fluent is defined as 8314.34 [J / Kmol / K].

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