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Assertion: In the Maxwellian distribution of speeds in molecules of gases, no. of molecules having speed less than vav is lesser than number of molecules having speed greater than vav.

Reason: Area under dNdu and u curve is more for molecules having speed greater than vav.

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Important Questions on Kinetic Theory of Gases

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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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A gas molecule of mass M at the surface of the earth has kinetic energy equivalent to 0 °C. If it were to go up straight without colliding with any other molecules, how high would it rise? Assume that the height attained is much less than the radius of the earth. (kB is Boltzmann constant)
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Increase in temperature of a gas filled in a container will lead to
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The number density of molecules of a gas depends on their distance r from the origin as, nr=n0e-αr4. Then the numer of molecules is proportional to:
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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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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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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 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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The number of gas molecules striking per second per square meter of the top surface of a table placed in a room at 20°C and 1 atmospheric pressure is of the order of (kb=1.4×10-23 J K-1 and the average mass of an air molecule is 5×10-27 kg
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A container is divided into two equal part I and II by a partition with small hole of diameter d. The two partitions are filled with same ideal gas, but held at temperature TI=150K and TII=300K by connecting to heat reservoirs. Let λI and λII be the mean free paths of the gas particles in the two parts such that d>>λI and d>>λII. Then λIλII is close to.
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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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The mean free path of molecules of a gas (radius ‘ r ’) is inversely proportional to:
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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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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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The average kinetic energy of a monoatomic gas molecule kept at temperature 27°C is (Boltzmann constant k=1.3×10-23JK-1)
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The plot that depicts the behavior of the mean free time τ (time between two successive collisions) for the molecules of an ideal gas, as a function of temperature T, qualitatively, is: (Graphs are schematic and not drawn to scale)
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The temperature of an ideal gas is increased from 100 K to 400 K . If the rms speed of the gas molecule is V at 100 K , then at 400 K it becomes
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An ideal gas is enclosed in a cylinder at pressure of 2 atm and temperature, 300 K. The mean time between two successive collisions is 6×10-8 s. If the pressure is doubled and temperature is increased to 500 K, the mean time between two successive collisions will be close to:
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Consider an ideal gas confined in an isolated closed chamber. As the gas undergoes an adiabatic expansion, the average time of collision between molecules increases as Vq , where V is the volume of the gas. The value of q is:

γ=CPCv