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Two monatomic ideal gases are in thermal equilibrium with each other. Gas A is composed of molecules with mass m while gas B is composed of
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Two monatomic ideal gases are in thermal equilibrium with each other. Gas A is composed of molecules with mass m while gas B is composed of molecules with mass 4m. The ratio of the average molecular kinetic energy KA / KB is
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Answer:
= 1
Explanation: Average molecular kinetic energy for monatomic idela gases is given by:
where
R is gas constant of ideal gas
T is temperature
Which means kinetic energy depnends only on temperature.
Since gas A and gas B are at the same temperature, kinetic energy will be the same. Therefore:
Ratio of this average molecular kinetic energy is 1.