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Kinetic theory of gases. Boltzmanns Law and Maxwell distribution

Problem 2.108

A horizontal tube of length l=100 cml=100 \mathrm{~cm} closed from both ends is displaced lengthwise with a constant acceleration w.w . The tube contains argon at a temperature T=330 KT=330 \mathrm{~K}. At what value of ww will the argon concentrations at the tube's ends differ by η=1.0%?\eta=1.0 \% ?

Reveal Answer
wηRT/Ml70 gw \approx \eta R T / M l \approx 70 \mathrm{~g}