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Ch.10 - Gases
Brown - Chemistry: The Central Science 15th Edition
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Capitolo 10, Problema 79b,c,d

The temperature of a 5.00-L container of N2 gas is increased from 20 °C to 250 °C. If the volume is held constant, predict qualitatively how this change affects the following: (b) the rootmean-square speed of the molecules. (c) the strength of the impact of an average molecule with the container walls. (d) the total number of collisions of molecules with walls per second.

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Identify the relationship between temperature and root-mean-square speed. The root-mean-square speed (v_{rms}) of gas molecules is given by the equation v_{rms} = \(\sqrt{\frac{3kT}{m}\)}, where k is the Boltzmann constant, T is the temperature in Kelvin, and m is the molar mass of the gas.
Convert the initial and final temperatures from Celsius to Kelvin. Remember that K = °C + 273.15.
Understand that the volume of the container is constant, so the only variable changing that affects v_{rms} is the temperature T.
Analyze the equation for v_{rms}. Since T appears inside a square root in the numerator, an increase in T will lead to an increase in v_{rms}.
Conclude qualitatively that as the temperature increases from 20 °C to 250 °C, the root-mean-square speed of the nitrogen molecules will increase.

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