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A sample of an ideal gas is slowly compressed to one-half its original volume with no change in temperature. What happens to the average speed of the molecules in the sample

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The average speed of the molecules of a gas depends on the temperature of the gas and its molar mass and not on the volume of the gas.

The average velocity of a gas is given by; vrms=√3RTM

R= gas constant

T= Absolute temperature

M= molar mass of the gas

Where the temperature of the gas is held constant, the average velocity of gas molecules depends on the molar mass of the gas. Hence, if a sample of gas is slowly compressed to one-half of its original volume with no change in temperature, the average speed of the molecules in the sample of gas remains the same.

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