Kinetic Theory

The square root of

%5Cbar%7Bv%7D%5E%7B2%7D

is called the root mean square velocity (rms) speed of the molecules.

v_%7B%20rms%20%7D%20%3D%5Csqrt%7B%5Cbar%7Bv%7D%5E%7B2%7D%7D

%3D%5Csqrt%7B%5Cfrac%7Bv_%7B1%7D%5E%7B2%7D%2Bv_%7B2%7D%5E%7B2%7D%2Bv_%7B3%7D%5E%7B2%7D%2Bv_%7B4%7D%5E%7B2%7D%7D%7B4%7D%7D

%3D%5Csqrt%7B%5Cfrac%7B(1)%5E%7B2%7D%2B(2)%5E%7B2%7D%2B(3)%5E%7B2%7D%2B(4)%5E%7B2%7D%7D%7B4%7D%7D

%3D%5Csqrt%7B%5Cfrac%7B1%2B4%2B9%2B16%7D%7B4%7D%7D

%3D%5Csqrt%7B%5Cfrac%7B30%7D%7B4%7D%7D

%3D%5Csqrt%7B%5Cfrac%7B15%7D%7B2%7D%7D%20kms%20%5E%7B-1%7D

Chapter Questions
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