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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Kinetic theory of gases
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Consider a sample of oxygen behaving like an ideal gas. At \(300 \,K ,\) the ratio of root mean square (rms) velocity to the average velocity of gas molecule would be : (Molecular weight of oxygen is \(32 \,g / mol\) \(\left. R =8.3 \,J K ^{-1} mol ^{-1}\right)\)

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(C) \(\sqrt{\frac{3 \pi}{8}}\)

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\(v _{vms }=\sqrt{\frac{3 RT }{ M }}\)

\(v _{ avg }=\sqrt{\frac{8 RT }{\pi} \frac{ RT }{ M }}\)

\(\frac{ v _{ rms }}{ v _{ avg }}=\sqrt{\frac{3 \pi}{8}}\)

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