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If m represents the mass of each molecule of a gas and T its absolute temperature, then the root mean-square velocity of the gaseous molecule is proportional to

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Important Questions on Kinetic Theory of Gases and Radiation

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Number of molecules in a volume of 4 cm3 of a perfect monoatomic gas at some temperature T and at a pressure of 2 cm of mercury is close to? (Given, mean kinetic energy of a molecule (at T) is 4×1014 erg, g=980 cm s-2 density of mercury =13.6 g cm-3)
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The root mean square speed of smoke particles each of mass 5×10-17 kg in their Brownian motion in air at N.T.P is
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Particle A of mass mA=m2 moving along the x -axis with velocity v0 collides elastically with another particle B at rest having mass mB=m3. If both the particles move along the x -axis after the collision, the change λ in the wavelength of the particle A, in terms of its de-Broglie wavelength λ0 before the collision is:
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At what temperature is the R.M.S. velocity of Hydrogen molecule is equal to that of an oxygen molecule at 47°C?

(Molecular weight of hydrogen =2, Molecular weight of oxygen =32)

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The temperature, at which the root mean square velocity of hydrogen molecules equals their escape their escape velocity from the earth, is closest to:
[ Boltzmann Constant kB=1.38×10-23 J/K
Avogadro number NA=6.02×1026 /kg
Radius of Earth: 6.4×106 m
Gravitational acceleration on Earth =10 ms-2] 
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Equal volumes of hydrogen and oxygen gasses of atomic weights 1 and 16 respectively are found to exert equal pressure on the walls of two separate containers. The rms velocities of the two gasses are in the ratio
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The RMS speed of oxygen at room temperature is about 500 m s-1. The RMS speed of hydrogen at the same temperature is about
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The temperature at which the r.m.s. velocity of oxygen molecules will be 13rd of r·m.s velocity of hydrogen molecules at -3 °C is
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A 25×10-3 m3 volume cylinder is filled with 1 mol of O2 gas at room temperature (300 K) . The molecular diameter of O2 , and its root mean square speed, are found to be 0.3 nm and 200 m s-1 , respectively. What is the average collision rate (per second) for an O2 molecule?
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For given gas at 1 atm pressure, rms  speed of the molecules is 200 m/s at 127°C. At 2 atm pressure and at 227° C, the rms speed of the molecules will be:
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The molecules of a given mass of gas have RMS velocity of 200  s-1 at 27oC and 1.0×105 m-2 pressure. When the temperature and pressure of the gas are respectively, 127oC and 0.05×105 m-2, the r.m.s. velocity of its molecules in s-1 is:
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Which of the following shows the correct relationship between the pressure 'P' and density ρ of an ideal gas at constant temperature ?
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The rms speed of a particle is vrms at a pressure P. If pressure is increased to 3 times then the rms speed becomes
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A 15 g mass of nitrogen gas is enclosed in a vessel at a temperature, 27oC. The amount of heat transferred to the gas, so that R.M.S. velocity of molecules is doubled, is about.
R=8.3 J K mole-1
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The molecules of a monoatomic gas has r.m.s. speedv  at 27°C. It is heated until the r.m.s. speed becomes 2v. What is the new temperature?
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On the basis of kinetic theory of gases, the gas exerts pressure because its molecules:
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An HCl molecule has rotational, translational and vibrational motions. If the rms velocity of HCl molecules in its gaseous phase is ν- , m is its mass and kB is Boltzmann's constant, then its temperature will be:
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If 1022 gas molecules each of mass 10-26 kg collides with a surface (perpendicular to it) elastically per second over an area 1 m2 with a speed 104m/s, the pressure exerted by the gas molecules will be of the order of:
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Two vessels separately contain two ideal gases A and B at the same temperature, the pressure of A being twice that of B. Under such conditions, the density of A is found to be 1.5 times the density of B. The ratio of molecular weights of A and B is