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| Description |
Motion of gas molecules |
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English Wikipedia |
| Date |
August 25th 2006 |
| Author |
A.Greg, en:User:Greg L |
| Permission |
see below |
The translational motion of fundamental particles of nature such as atoms and molecules gives a substance its temperature. Here, the size of helium atoms relative to their spacing is shown to scale under 136 atmospheres of pressure. These room-temperature atoms have a certain, average speed (slowed down here two trillion fold). At any given instant however, a particular helium atom may be moving much faster than average while another may be nearly motionless. Five atoms are colored red to facilitate following their motions.
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