Problem 1.1:
Samples of H
2 and He are at the same temperature. What is the ratio of their average velocities?
Problem 1.2:
A volume of H
2 and an identical volume of O
2 are at the same temperature. Plot the Maxwell-Boltzmann speed distributions for the two gases on the same graph.
Problem 1.3:
Calculate $v_{\mbox{rms}}$ for a sample of O
2 at 300 K.
Problem 1.4:
Rank
vrms,
, and
vp in order of increasing speed.
Problem 1.5:
Calculate the ratio of the rates of effusion of H
2 over He.
