AP Inter 1st Year Physics Notes Chapter 14 Kinetic Theory

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AP Inter 1st Year Physics Notes 14th Lesson Kinetic Theory

→ A molecule moves along a straight line between two successive collisions and the average straight distance covered between two successive collisions is called the mean free path of the molecules.

→ Boyle’s Law states that, at constant temperature, the volume of a given mass of a gas is inversly proportional
to the pressure. V ∝ $$\frac{1}{p}$$ (constant temperature)

→ Charle’s laws :

1. At constant pressure, the volume of a given mass of a gas is directly proportional to the absolute temperature of the gas V ∝ T (P constant).
2. At constant volume, the pressure of a given mass of a gas is directly proportional to the absolute temperature of the gas. P ∝ T (V constant)

→ Dalton’s law of partial pressures : It states that the total pressure exerted by a mixture of non-reactive ideal gases is equal to sum of the partial pressures which each would exert, if it alone occupied the same volume at the given temperature.

→ Root mean square speed is defined as the square root of the mean of the squares of the random velocities of the individual molecules of a gas.
Vrms = $$\sqrt{\frac{3 K_B \mathrm{~T}}{\mathrm{~m}}}$$