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Date May 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 19M.2.SL.TZ2.a
Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ2
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19M.2.SL.TZ2.a

The mass of a helium atom is 6.6 × 10-27 kg. Estimate the average speed of the helium atoms in the container.

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1 2 m v 2 = 3 2 k T / v = 3 k T m / 3 × 1.38 × 10 − 23 × 320 6.6 × 10 − 27   ✔

v = 1.4 × 103«ms–1»  ✔

 

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At HL this was very well answered but at SL many just worked out E=3/2kT and left it as a value for KE.

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