Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
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Chapter 19 - The Kinetic Theory of Gases - Problems - Page 579: 40

Answer

We divide Eq. $19-31$ by Eq. $19-22$ : $$ \frac{v_{\text {avg } 2}}{v_{\text {mos } 1}}=\frac{\sqrt{8 R T / \pi M_{2}}}{\sqrt{3 R T / M_{1}}}=\sqrt{\frac{8 M_{1}}{3 \pi M_{2}}} $$ which, for $v_{\text {arg } 2}=2 v_{\text {rms } 2},$ leads to $$ \frac{m_{1}}{m_{2}}=\frac{M_{1}}{M_{2}}=\frac{3 \pi}{8}\left(\frac{v_{\text {arg } 2}}{v_{\text {rms }}}\right)^{2}=\frac{3 \pi}{2}=4.7 $$

Work Step by Step

We divide Eq. $19-31$ by Eq. $19-22$ : $$ \frac{v_{\text {avg } 2}}{v_{\text {mos } 1}}=\frac{\sqrt{8 R T / \pi M_{2}}}{\sqrt{3 R T / M_{1}}}=\sqrt{\frac{8 M_{1}}{3 \pi M_{2}}} $$ which, for $v_{\text {arg } 2}=2 v_{\text {rms } 2},$ leads to $$ \frac{m_{1}}{m_{2}}=\frac{M_{1}}{M_{2}}=\frac{3 \pi}{8}\left(\frac{v_{\text {arg } 2}}{v_{\text {rms }}}\right)^{2}=\frac{3 \pi}{2}=4.7 $$
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