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UrbanXrisis
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Compute the total translational kinetic energy of one liter of oxygen gas at atmospheric pressure.
<E>=3/2 kT
assuming that the T is about the temperature of Earth's surface, 300K, then:
[tex] \frac{1}{2} mv^2 = \frac{3k(300K)}{2} [/tex]
what I am wondering is, is this the total translational kinetic energy? I think the book defines it as the average energy but does not give a formula for total translational kinetic energy.
<E>=3/2 kT
assuming that the T is about the temperature of Earth's surface, 300K, then:
[tex] \frac{1}{2} mv^2 = \frac{3k(300K)}{2} [/tex]
what I am wondering is, is this the total translational kinetic energy? I think the book defines it as the average energy but does not give a formula for total translational kinetic energy.