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13.4 Exercise 11

Avg difficulty 2.5

(a) What is the average kinetic energy in joules of hydrogen atoms on the $\text{5500} º \text{C}$ surface of the Sun? (b) What is the average kinetic energy of helium atoms in a region of the solar corona where the temperature is $6 . \text{00} \times \text{10}^{5} \text{K}$ ?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 13.4 Kinetic Theory: Atomic and Molecular Explanation of Pressure and Temperature, exercise 11

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