Teaching JKPSC Lecturership Mock Test Series 2024-25 Physical Sciences Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics
The Maxwell-Boltzmann speed distribution function for an ideal gas depends on the temperature T and molecular mass m. The speed distribution function f(v) peaks at the speed:
1
\(\sqrt{\frac{kT}{m}}\)
2
\(\sqrt{\frac{3kT}{m}}\)
3
\(\sqrt{\frac{3kT}{2m}}\)
4
\(\sqrt{\frac{2kT}{m}}\)