What is the Speed of Sound in Argon Gas at 30 Degrees Celsius?

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Homework Statement

Determine the speed of sound in argon gas at 30 degrees celsius. Argon is a monoatomic gas with atomic mass 40. Assume adiabatic and ideal gas conditions. The mass of a nucleuon is 1.67*10^-27 kg=m_p.

Homework Equations

Adiabatic constraint: pV^γ=constant.

Ideal gas equation: pV=nRT=NkT

Speed of a sound wave: v=\sqrt{B/\rho}

The Attempt at a Solution

From the adiabatic constraint: \text{d}p V^{\gamma} + \gamma p V^{\gamma-1} \text{d}V=0

B=-V\frac{\text{d}p}{\text{d}V}=\gamma p

Insert into ideal gas equation, using \rho=\frac{Nm}{V} :

B=\frac{\gamma \rho k T}{m}

Finally: v=\sqrt{\frac{B}{\rho}}=\sqrt{\frac{\gamma k T}{m}}

Insert values: m=40*m_p=6,68*10^-26 kg, k=1.38*10^-23 J/K, T=303.15 K, γ=3/5=0.6

This produces the result v=194 m/s.

However, the answer key says the correct value is 323 m/s

I have searched my solution attempt multiple times, unable to find my error. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[ehild]

Insert values: m=40*m_p=6,68*10^-26 kg, k=1.38*10^-23 J/K, T=303.15 K, γ=3/5=0.6

γ=C_p/C_v=5/3 for a mono-atomic gas.


ehild

 

[espen180]

Thank you. What an embarrasing mistake.