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If the absolute temperature of a gas is quadrupled, what happens to the root‑mean‑square speed of the molecules?

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The rms velocity is directly proportional to the square root of temperature and inversely proportional to the square root of molar mass. Thus quadrupling the temperature of a given gas doubles the rms velocity of the molecules btw I’m in 5 grade

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