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 524: 40

Answer

$9.6\times 10^{-5}m/s$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required rms speed as follows: $v_{rms}=\sqrt{\frac{3k_B T}{\rho \frac{1}{6}\pi d^3}}$ $\implies v_{rms}=\sqrt{\frac{18k_B T}{\pi \rho d^3}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v_{rms}=\sqrt{\frac{18(1.38\times 10^{-23})(293)}{\pi (2500)(1\times 10^{-5})^3}}$ This simplifies to: $v_{rms}=9.6\times 10^{-5}m/s$
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