An oxygen molecule is moving near the earth's surface. Another oxygen molecule is moving in the ionosphere

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An oxygen molecule is moving near the earth's surface. Another oxygen molecule is moving in the ionosphere (the uppermost part of the earth's atmosphere) where the Kelvin temperature is three times greater. Determine the ratio of the translational rms speed in the ionosphere to the translational rms speed near the earth's surface.
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Physics

ISBN: 978-1118486894

10th edition

Authors: David Young, Shane Stadler

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