mean translational kinetic energy

The mean translational kinetic energy is a result from the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution and is given by


\begin{displaymath}
K_{avg} = \frac{1}{2} m {v^2}_{rms}
\end{displaymath} (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


\begin{displaymath}
v_{rms} = \sqrt{\frac{3RT}{M}}
\end{displaymath} (2)

where R is the gas constand


\begin{displaymath}
R = 8.31 \, [ \frac{J}{mol * K} ]
\end{displaymath} (3)

and more to come ...



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