PlanetPhysics/Mean Translational Kinetic Energy

The mean translational kinetic energy is a result from the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution and is given by

$K_{avg}=\frac{1}{2}m{v^2}_{rms}$

A more useful form of this equation is in terms of [[../BoltzmannConstant/|temperature]]. Temperature is brought in through the root mean [[../PiecewiseLinear/|square]] [[../Velocity/|speed]] derived in the kinetic thoery of gases

$v_{rms}=\sqrt{\frac{3RT}{M}}$

where R is the gas constand

$R=8.31[\frac{J}{mol*K}]$

and more to come ...