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Grade Upto college levelThermal Physics

Comparing a system which consist of gas particle that moving randomly and a system gas particle moving randomly but have a net moving direction toward (x,y or z) axis possess, the total energy in the two system is same or different?

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15 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer15 Years ago

The energy depends solely on the root mean square SPEED of the gas molecules.

Profile image of Aniket Patra
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer15 Years ago

The energy depends on the root mean square speed of the molecules..and it is not concerned with the nature of the random motion of the molecules..