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A monatomic gas is adiabatically compressed to 0.250 of its initial volume. How do each of the following quantities change?
Part A: By what factor does the rms speed change?
Part B: By what factor does the mean free path change?
Part C: By what factor does the thermal energy of the gas change?
Part D: By what factor does the molar specific heat at constant volume change?
Question 7
Solution
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