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: 21

Answer

$0.43cm/s$

Work Step by Step

We can determine the required rms speed of cesium atoms as follows: $v_{rms}=\sqrt{\frac{3k_B TN_A}{M}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v_{rms}=\sqrt{\frac{3(1.38\times 10^{-23})1\times 10^{-7}\times 6.02\times 10^{23}}{0.123}}$ This simplifies to: $v_{rms}=4.3\times 10^{-3}m/s=0.43cm/s$
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