9.4 The R.M.S.

Speed of Molecules

 Molecules in a gas are in random motion moving in different speeds. They having different speeds due to the elastic collision between molecules. When two molecules collide elastically, kinetic energy of one molecule will transferred to other. Speed of one molecule decreases and the other increases after the collision.

r.m.s.=root-mean-square

Molecular speed distribution (pg207)

Total kinetic energy is remain constant Because the collisions are elastic When the temperature is constant, the molecular speed distribution is remains the same.

 Most probable speed is the peak of the curve when the temperature of the gas is , and the speed It is the speed which the largest number of molecules have. ~Mean speed, ~Root-mean-square speed,