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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Kinetic theory of gases
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The root mean square speed of smoke particles of mass \(5 \times 10^{-17}\,kg\) in their Brownian motion in air at NTP is approximately \(.......\,mm\,s ^{-1}\) [Given \(k =1.38 \times 10^{-23}\,J\,K ^{-1}\) ]

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(C) \(15\)

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\(V _{\text {rms}}=\sqrt{\frac{3 kT }{ m }}=\sqrt{\frac{3 \times 1.38 \times 10^{-23} \times 293}{5 \times 10^{-17}}}\)

\(\approx 15\,mm / s\)

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