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Q61MHT CET 2021 · 23 SEP · SHIFT 1Easy

Molecular Speeds & Maxwell Distribution

If mm' represents the mass of each molecules of a gas and TT' its absolute temperature then the root mean square speed of the gas molecule is proportional to

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Answer: (a)

  1. vrms=3kTmv_{rms} = \sqrt{\frac{3kT}{m}}
  2. vrms∝m−1/2T1/2v_{rms} \propto m^{-1/2}T^{1/2}
  3. So the answer is (a).
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