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1.Sate the assumptions for the molecular model of an ideal gas.

2.What is molecular flux. Explain


3.Define mean speed.
4.Draw a velocity vector in velocity space.
5.What do you mean by number density.
6.Distinguish between the planar and solid angle.

7.Derive the expression for pressure of an ideal gas based on kinetic therory.

8.Define root mean square velocity in terms of temperature of a gas.

9.Define the following

a. Mean free path


b. Collision Cross Section
c. Collision frequency
d. Mean free time
10. Derive the van der walls equation based on kinetic theory of gases.

11. How do the collsion cross-section and mean free path are related?

12. Draw a velocity space and estimate the number of molecules in one dimension for the range of
velocity vx and vx + dvx.
13. Write down the Maxzwell-Boltzmann velocity distribution function.
14. How does the termal conductivity of a gas vary with temperature?

15. Show that the most probable kinetic and average energies are 1/2 kT and 3/2 kT respectively.

16. How do you distinguish between Maxwell-Boltzman and B - E(Bose-Einstein) statistics?

17. How does Fermi-Dirac statistics differ from Bose-Einstein statistics?

18. Plot the density versus kinetic energy in a momentum space for Fermi-Dirac statistics.
19. define partition function.

20. What is the principle of equipartion of energy?

21. Expressions for Einstein and Debey theory of specific heat capacity
22. Explain micro and macro states
23. Write short notes on Chapmann-Enskog theory.
24. Explain Boltzmann H function
25. Explain thermal conductivity and diffusion from kinetic theory view point.

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