NTA Abhyas JEE Main2020PhysicsThermodynamicsPractice
The root mean square rms speed of oxygen molecules (O 2 ) at a certain temperature T (on kelvin scale) is V . If the temperature is doubled and oxygen gas dissociates into atomic oxygen, the rms speed becomes
Options
- Atwo times
- Bthree times
- Cfour times
- Dunchanged
Correct answer
A. two times
Step-by-step solution
V rms = 3RT M V rms ∝ T M ...(i) When oxygen gas dissociates into atomic oxygen, its atomic mass M will become half. Temperature is doubled. So, from Eq. (i) V rms will become two times. V rms ' V rms = 2T M 2 T M = 4 = 2 ⇒ V rms ' = 2 V rms