If c is r.m.s. speed of molecules in a gas and v is the speed of sound waves in the gas, show that c/v is constant and independent of temperature for all diatomic gases.
If c is r.m.s. speed of molecules in a gas and v is the speed of sound waves in the gas, show that c/v is constant and independent of temperature for all diatomic gases.
This is a long answer type question as classified in NCERT Exemplar
we know that rms speed of molecules of a gas
C=
Where M is the molar mass of the gas
Speed of sound wave in gas v=
On dividing above equation we get
c/v =
c/v =
where = adiabatic constant for diatomic gas
c/v=constant
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