Two perfect gases at absolute temperatures T1 and T2 are mixed. There is no loss of energy. The temperature of mixture, if masses of molecules are m1 and m2 and the number of molecules in the gases are n1 and n2 respectively
A
T1+T22
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B
n1T1+n2T2n1+n2
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C
3n1T1+5n2T23n1+5n2
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D
√T1T2
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Solution
The correct option is Bn1T1+n2T2n1+n2 Theaveragekineticenergypermoleculeofaperfectgas=32KTAveragekineticenergyofthemoleclesofthefirstgas=32n1KT1Averagekineticenergyofthemoleculesofthesecondgas=32n2KT2Therefore,thetotalkineticenergyofthetwomoleculesofgasbeforetheyaremixedK=32n1KT1+32n2KT2=32(n1T1+n2T2)K−−−−(1)IfTisthetmeperatureofthemixture,thenthekineticenergiesofthemolecules(n1+n2)isK′=32(n1+n2)KT−−−(2)since,thereisnolossofenergyK−K′Equating(1)and(2)wegetn1T1+n2T2=(n1+n2)TT=n1T1+n2T2(n1+n2)Hence,theoptionBisthecorrectanswer.