The mean translational kinetic energy is a result from the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution and is given by
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(1) |
A more useful form of this equation is in terms of temperature. Temperature is brought in through the root mean square speed derived in the kinetic thoery of gases
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(2) |
where R is the gas constand
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(3) |
and more to come ...
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