Consider a container containing molecules of an ideal gas at temperature .
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Problem
Consider a container containing n molecules of an ideal gas at temperature T.
(a) Do all the molecules have the same amount of kinetic energy?
(b) Do all the molecules have the same speed?
(c) Sketch a graph showing how the number of molecules with a particular speed varies with the speed of the molecule.
(d) Add another curve to show the distribution of speeds when the temperature of the gas in the container is larger.
(e) What name is usually given to distributions of this kind?