When the temperature of a gas is raised from $27^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ to $90^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$. The…

When the temperature of a gas is raised from $27^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ to $90^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$. The increase in the rms velocity of the gas molecules is
  1. $10 \%$
  2. $15 \%$
  3. $20 \%$
  4. $17.5 \%$

Solution

The rms speed of the gas molecule is $v=\sqrt{\frac{3 R T}{M}} \Rightarrow v \propto \sqrt{T}$ $\therefore \frac{\mathrm{v}_2}{\mathrm{v}_1}=\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{T}_2}{\mathrm{~T}_1}}=\sqrt{\frac{(273+90)}{(273+27)}}=\frac{11}{10}$ $\therefore \%$ change in rms speed is $\% \Delta \mathrm{v}=\frac{\mathrm{v}_2-\mathrm{v}_1}{\mathrm{v}_1} \times 100=\frac{\frac{11}{10} \mathrm{v}_1-\mathrm{v}_1}{\mathrm{v}_1} \times 100=10 \%$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2024 (20 May Shift 1)

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