Kinetic-Molecular Theory

Discussion

Postulates

Macroscopic--Microscopic

〈K〉 = 3/2kT

root mean square


[animate]

six modes of freedom

  1. heave
  2. sway
  3. thrust
  4. roll
  5. pitch
  6. yaw

degrees of freedom

vrms = √  3kT
μ
vrms = √  3RT
M

Photons created at the sun's center travel a distance of 2 × 1010 times the sun's radius before emerging. The trip takes something like 30,000 years.

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