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scarface223
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In one of my homework problems it is a problem under the section of Brownian motion. It asks me to compute the average velocity of particles!
here is the exact problem:
The average speed of hydrogen molecules at 0 degrees C' is 1694 m/s. Compute the average speed of colloidal particles of "molecular weight" 3.2*10^6 g/mol.
-What I know about the problem is that the formula for avrg speed is 1.59*sqrt(kT/m), where k is the Boltzmann constant! I do not understand why so much information is given? How can I convert molecular weight into simple mass? The ans is also 1.3 m/s, but i have no idea how to arrive at it, please help! I would show more work, but I am not really getting anywhere so far
here is the exact problem:
The average speed of hydrogen molecules at 0 degrees C' is 1694 m/s. Compute the average speed of colloidal particles of "molecular weight" 3.2*10^6 g/mol.
-What I know about the problem is that the formula for avrg speed is 1.59*sqrt(kT/m), where k is the Boltzmann constant! I do not understand why so much information is given? How can I convert molecular weight into simple mass? The ans is also 1.3 m/s, but i have no idea how to arrive at it, please help! I would show more work, but I am not really getting anywhere so far
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