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A container of hydrogen gas has the same temperature as a container of oxygen gas. The gas atoms having the greater average kinetic energy are the:

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The atoms of hydrogen have smaller mass than oxygen. Thus their speeds have to higher in order to produce the same average kinetic energies.

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