Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 18 - The Micro/Macro Connection - Exercises and Problems - Page 523: 16

Answer

$-273.1C^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

We can determine the required temperature as follows: $T=\frac{Mv_{rms}^2}{3N_Ak_B}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $T=\frac{0.028(1.5)^2}{3\times 6.02\times 10^{23}\times 1.38\times 10^{-23}}$ This simplifies to: $T=0.0025K=-273.1C^{\circ}$
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