Kinetic Theory

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Question 155 of 168

An HClHCl molecule has rotational, translational and vibrational motions. If the rms velocity of HClHCl molecules in its gaseous phase is ν−\nu ^{-} , m is its mass and kB{k}_{B} is Boltzmann's constant, then its temperature will be:

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Answer: (C) mν−23kB\dfrac{m{\nu ^{-}}^{2}}{3{k}_{B}}

Vrms=3kBTm{V}_{rms}=\sqrt{\dfrac{3{k}_{B}T}{m}}
v−=3kBTmv^{-}=\sqrt{\dfrac{3{k}_{B}T}{m}}
T=m(v−)23kBT=\dfrac{m{\left(v^{-}\right)}^{2}}{3{k}_{B}}

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