Two containers are at the same temperature. The first contains a gas with pressure P1, molecular mass M1 and rms speed vrms 1. The second contains gas with pressure 15P1, molecular mass m2, and average speed Vavg2=2.0vrms 1. What is the ratio m1:m2?
3π:2
For the second gas,
vrms2(v2)=√3KBTm×√πm8KBT=√3π8
vrms2=√3π8(v2).
But, it is given, that v2=2.0vrms1
vrms2=√3π8×2×vrms1.
Gases have the same average kinetic energies at the same temperature,
m12v2rms1=m22v2rms2
⇒m1m2=3π8×4×v2rms1v2rms1
⇒(m1:m2)=(3π:2).