Module 4 : Kinetic Theory of Gases

Lecture 5 : Maxwell-Boltzmann Velocity Distribution

Quiz 5

  1. What does rms velocity indicate?
  2. Draw a velocity space and estimate the number of molecules in one dimension for the range of velocity vx and vx + dvx.
  3. Write down the Maxzwell-Boltzmann velocity distribution function.
  4. How does the Maxwell-Boltzmann velocity distribution depend on the temperature of the gas?