Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 14 - The Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic Theory - Problems - Page 385: 44

Answer

$2.01\times10^{26}atoms/s$

Work Step by Step

We can write the time t that elapses between successive collisions of one atom with one wall of the container is, $$t=\frac{2L}{v_{rms}}-(1)$$ Since there are three identical pairs of walls, on average 1/3 of the $N_{A}$(1 mol) atoms in the container collide with a given wall in the time t. So, Collision rate = $\frac{N_{A}}{3t}-(2)$ (1)=>(2), Collision rate = $\frac{N_{A}}{3(\frac{2L}{v_{rms}})}=\frac{N_{A}v_{rms}}{6L}-(3)$ We know that, $KE_{Avg}=\frac{1}{2}mv_{rms}^{2}=\frac{3}{2}kT=>v_{rms}=\sqrt {\frac{3kT}{m}}$ (4)=>(3), Collision rate = $\frac{N_{A}}{6L}\sqrt {\frac{3kT}{m}}$ ; Let's plug known values into this equation. Collision rate = $\frac{6.022\times10^{23}atoms}{6(0.3\space m)}\sqrt {\frac{3(1.38\times10^{-23}J/K)(293\space K)}{3.35\times10^{-26}kg}}\approx2.01\times10^{26}atoms/s$
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