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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

calculate the rms velocity chlorine at 17 C and 800 mm pressure

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7 Years agoGrade 11
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7 Years ago
Root-mean-square. speed of an ideal gas: 
v (rms) = sqrt(3RT/M) 
where R = 8.31 J K−1·mol−1 is the gas constant, T is the absolute temperature, M the molar mass. 
T = 17 + 273 = 290°K 
M(chlorine) = 0.071 kg·mol−1 

v (rms) = sqrt(3×8.31×290/0.071) = 306.53m/s