
What is the ratio of r.m.s speed of Oxygen and Hydrogen molecules at the same temperature?

Important Questions on Kinetic Theory





An oxygen cylinder of volume litres has an initial gauge pressure of and a temperature of . After some oxygen is withdrawn from the cylinder, the gauge pressure drops to and its temperature drops to . Estimate the mass of oxygen taken out of the cylinder ( , molecular mass of ).

Estimate the average thermal energy of a helium atom at (i) room temperature (), (ii) the temperature on the surface of the Sun (), (iii) the temperature of million Kelvin (the typical core temperature in the case of a star).

Estimate the mean free path and collision frequency of a nitrogen molecule in a cylinder containing nitrogen at and temperature . Take the radius of a nitrogen molecule to be roughly . Compare the collision time with the time the molecule moves freely between two successive collisions (Molecular mass of ).
