Calculate mean kinetic energy. Calculate root mean square speed.
2. Air consists of mostly nitrogen and oxygen in proportions 1:4 by mass. Demonstrate that the Crms^2 of a nitrogen molecule in air is 1.07 times that of oxygen in same sample.
Calculate mean kinetic energy. Calculate root mean square speed.
2. Air consists of mostly nitrogen and oxygen in proportions 1:4 by mass. Demonstrate that the Crms^2 of a nitrogen molecule in air is 1.07 times that of oxygen in same sample.
Molar mass: Nitrogen: 0.028 Oxygen: 0.032
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1) Using the temperature determine the mean kinetic energy. (There's a simple equation for that in the textbook with a 3/2 in it) Use the equation (mean kinetic energy)=0.5*mass*(root mean square speed)^2 to find the root mean square speed
2) Equate the kinetic energies of nitrogen and oxygen using the eon above, plug in the mass
1) Using the temperature determine the mean kinetic energy. (There's a simple equation for that in the textbook with a 3/2 in it) Use the equation (mean kinetic energy)=0.5*mass*(root mean square speed)^2 to find the root mean square speed
2) Equate the kinetic energies of nitrogen and oxygen using the eon above, plug in the mass
Thanks, I've done no. 1 now but I think I'm still doing no. 2 wrong as I can't seem to get to 1.07.