Kinetic Theory of Gases
 

Kinetic Theory of Gases problem 5


  • Explain what is meant by the Avogadro constant.


  • Argon-40 may be assumed to be an ideal gas. A mass of of argon-40 has a volume of at a temperature of . Determine, for this mass of argon-40 gas,


    • the amount, in mol,


    • the pressure,


    • the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) speed of an argon atom.


 

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