Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (4th Edition)

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Chapter 20 - The Micro/Macro Connection - Exercises and Problems - Page 567: 19

Answer

$2.12$

Work Step by Step

Recall: $v_{rms}=\sqrt {\frac{3k_{B}T}{m}}$ $\implies \frac{v_{rms,2}}{v_{rms,1}}=\frac{\sqrt {\frac{3k_{B}T_{2}}{m}}}{\sqrt {\frac{3k_{B}T_{1}}{m}}}=\frac{\sqrt {T_{2}}}{\sqrt {T_{1}}}=\frac{\sqrt {(1000+273)K}}{\sqrt {(10+273)K}}$ $=2.12$
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