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#1: The average velocities of gas molecules in cylinders A, B, C, and D are 20 m/s, 50 m/s, 60 m/s, and 100 m/s, respectively. The volume of each cylinder is the same, and each has the same number of moles
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#1: The average velocities of gas molecules in cylinders A, B, C, and D are 20 m/s, 50 m/s, 60 m/s, and 100 m/s, respectively. The volume of each cylinder is the same, and each has the same number of moles of gas. Which cylinder is the hottest?

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Cylinder D
temperature is the measurement of average kinetic energy of a sunstance. since cylinder D has the highest average velocity, it has the highest average kinetic energy among the 4 cylinders, thus cylinder D is the hottest.
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