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Distribution of Molecular Speeds

المؤلف:  Professor John W. Norbury

المصدر:  ELEMENTARY MECHANICS & THERMODYNAMICS

الجزء والصفحة:  p 232

1-1-2017

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Not all molecules travel at the speed v_RMS. this is just the average molecular speed. We would like to know how many molecules travel above or below this speed. This was worked out by Maxwell. The probbility of a given speed is

where M is the molar mass of the gas.