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How long does it take for gas to settle down under earth's gravity?
I was discussing about ideal gas with my colleague the other day, and these questions come up in our conversation.
Lets say we have 1 mole ideal gas in a perfectly insulating cube box of size $1m^3$,...
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Temperature of a particle moving in a gravity field
I have a seemingly simple question that is still puzzling to me.
The temperature of an atom is proportional to its kinetic energy. If an atom now moves upwards in a gravity field, its kinetic energy ...
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