BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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    If average velocity becomes 4 times then what will be the effect on rms velocity at that temperature?

    A)  1.4 times            

    B)         4 times

    C)  2 times               

    D)         \[\frac{1}{4}\] times

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Key Idea Ratio of \[{{v}_{av}}/{{v}_{rms}}\]remains constant. Average speed is the arithmetic mean of the   speeds of molecules in a gas at a given temperature, ie, \[{{v}_{av}}=({{v}_{1}}+{{v}_{2}}+{{v}_{3}}+...)/N\] and according to kinetic theory of gases, \[{{v}_{av}}=\sqrt{\frac{8RT}{M\pi }}\]                  ?(i) Also, rms speed (root mean square speed) is defined as the square root of mean of squares of the speed of different molecules, ie, \[{{v}_{rms}}=\sqrt{(v_{1}^{2}+v_{2}^{2}+v_{3}^{2}+...)/N}\] \[=\sqrt{{{(\overline{v})}^{2}}}\] and according to kinetic theory of gases, \[{{v}_{rms}}=\sqrt{\frac{3RT}{M}}\]                                      ?(ii) From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get \[{{v}_{av}}=\sqrt{\left( \frac{8}{3\pi } \right)}{{v}_{rms}}\] \[=0.92\,{{v}_{rms}}\]                    ?(iii) Therefore, \[\frac{{{v}_{av}}}{{{v}_{rms}}}=\] constant Hence, root mean square-velocity is also become 4 times.


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