Sunday, December 4, 2011

What is the average speed of a helium atom if the average speed of a chlorine molecule is 1370 m/s?

What is the average speed of a helium atom if the average speed of a chlorine molecule is 1370 m/s at the SAME temperature?





I could do this problem IF there was a temperature given, but I do not know what to do without the temperature being given.


How do I solve this?|||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%27s_鈥?/a>





rate 1 / rate 2 = square root of (molar mass 2 / molar mass1)





rate He / 1370 = square root of (70.90 / 4.003)





rate He / 1370 = square root of (17.71)





rate He / 1370 = 4.208





rate He = 5766 m/s

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