The vibrational modes of molecular nitrogen are 'frozen out' at room temperature but become active at temperatures above ≈1500 K. The temperature in the combustion chamber of a jet engine can reach 2000 K, so an engineering analysis of combustion requires knowing the thermal properties of materials at these temperatures. What is the expected specific heat ratio γ for nitrogen at 2000 K?
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Capitolo 20, Problema 26
The rms speed of the atoms in a 2.0 g sample of helium gas is 700 m/s. What is the thermal energy of the gas?
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Step 1: Recall the formula for the root-mean-square (rms) speed of gas particles: , where is the Boltzmann constant, is the temperature, and is the mass of a single atom.
Step 2: Rearrange the formula to solve for the temperature : , where is the rms speed.
Step 3: Determine the mass of a single helium atom. The molar mass of helium is approximately 4.00 g/mol, and the mass of one atom is kg.
Step 4: Use the formula for the total thermal energy of a monatomic ideal gas: , where is the number of moles, is the gas constant, and is the temperature.
Step 5: Calculate the number of moles in the 2.0 g sample of helium using , where is the mass of the sample and is the molar mass. Substitute the values into the thermal energy formula to find the result.

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The root mean square (rms) speed is a statistical measure of the speed of particles in a gas. It is calculated as the square root of the average of the squares of the speeds of the individual particles. This concept is crucial for understanding the kinetic energy of gas particles, as it relates directly to their thermal motion and energy distribution.
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