Question

What is the ratio of r.m.s speed of oxygen and hydrogen molecules at the same temperature?​

Answer 1

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Oxygen is 16 times heavier than hydrogen on a per atom or per molecule comparison (since both gases are diatomic in our everyday lives). RMS speed is inversely proportional to the square root of mass (molecular or molar). This means the rms speed of hydrogen should be √16 = 4 times faster.

Oxygen is 16 times heavier than hydrogen on a per atom or per molecule comparison (since both gases are diatomic in our everyday lives). RMS speed is inversely proportional to the square root of mass (molecular or molar). This means the rms speed of hydrogen should be √16 = 4 times faster....

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