Consider one mole of neon gas at a temperature of 25°C. Assume neon behaves as an ideal, monatomic gas at this temperature.
a) What is the average translational kinetic energy of a neon atom at this temperature?
b) What is the total random translational kinetic energy of the neon atoms in 1 mole of this gas?
c) What do you get if you divide your answer to question b by your answer to question a? I need a number and a name.
d) What is the root-mean-square speed of neon atoms at this temperature?
e) This gas is contained in box with dimensions 2 m × 0.2 m × 0.2 m. What is the pressure?
f) Assume each neon atom has a radius r = 0.0000000001m. Estimate the mean free path a neon atom travels between collisions with other neon atoms.
g) For a neon atom with the root-mean-square speed calculated in question d, find the mean free time a neon atom travels between collisions.
h) What is the molar heat capacity of the gas?