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Publication Date: 2007-Mar
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On the Equipartition of Kinetic Energy in an Ideal Gas Mixture
Peliti, L.
European Journal of Physics, v28 n2 p249-254 Mar 2007
A refinement of an argument due to Maxwell for the equipartition of translational kinetic energy in a mixture of ideal gases with different masses is proposed. The argument is elementary, yet it may work as an illustration of the role of symmetry and independence postulates in kinetic theory. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Kinetics, Physics, Energy, Science Instruction, Equations (Mathematics), Scientific Principles, Geometric Concepts, Molecular Structure, Mechanics (Physics)
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