States of Matter - Result Question 42

####42. The ratio of root mean square velocity to average velocity of a gas molecule at a particular temperature is

(1981, 1M)

(a) $1.085: 1$

(b) $1: 1.086$

(c) $2: 1.086$

(d) $1.086: 2$

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Solution:

  1. The two types of speeds are defined as;

Root mean square speed $\left(u _{rms}\right)=\sqrt{\frac{3 R T}{M}}$

$$ \text { Average speed }\left(u _{av}\right)=\sqrt{\frac{8 R T}{\pi M}} $$

For the same gas, at a given temperature, $M$ and $T$ are same, therefore

$$ \begin{aligned} \frac{u _{rms}}{u _{av}} & =\sqrt{\frac{3 R T}{M}}: \sqrt{\frac{8 R T}{\pi M}} \ & =\sqrt{3}: \sqrt{\frac{8}{\pi}}=\sqrt{3}: \sqrt{2.54}=1.085: 1 \end{aligned} $$



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