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I have a theoretical question which I would like to brainstorm, and would appreciate any assistance.
Let's say sound waves are propagated through a gas, with two types of atoms with very different mass, different by say a factor of ten. The number of particles per unit volume is equal, as are there temperatures. The gas is collisional. I would like to know if the sound wave causes one species to go faster than the other, and if so, how much faster?
Let's say sound waves are propagated through a gas, with two types of atoms with very different mass, different by say a factor of ten. The number of particles per unit volume is equal, as are there temperatures. The gas is collisional. I would like to know if the sound wave causes one species to go faster than the other, and if so, how much faster?