Question

Which of the following is not a postulate of the kinetic molecular theory?

A. The absolute temperature of a substance is equal to the average kinetic energy of its particles.
B. The collisions between gas molecules are elastic.
C. Gas molecules travel in random, straight paths.
D. The energy of a gas molecule is determined by quantum mechanics.

Answer 1

@JoannaBlackwelder what for this one

Answer 2

It's really not hard if you read about the KMT lol

3 of those answer choices are directly from the KMT

Answer 3

The theory for ideal gases makes the following assumptions:

The gas consists of very small particles known as molecules. This smallness of their size is such that the total volume of the individual gas molecules added up is negligible compared to the volume of the smallest open ball containing all the molecules. This is equivalent to stating that the average distance separating the gas particles is large compared to their size.
These particles have the same mass.
The number of molecules is so large that statistical treatment can be applied.
These molecules are in constant, random, and rapid motion.
The rapidly moving particles constantly collide among themselves and with the walls of the container. All these collisions are perfectly elastic. This means, the molecules are considered to be perfectly spherical in shape, and elastic in nature.
Except during collisions, the interactions among molecules are negligible. (That is, they exert no forces on one another.)
This implies:
1. Relativistic effects are negligible.
2. Quantum-mechanical effects are negligible. This means that the inter-particle distance is much larger than the thermal de Broglie wavelength and the molecules are treated as classical objects.
3. Because of the above two, their dynamics can be treated classically. This means, the equations of motion of the molecules are time-reversible.
The average kinetic energy of the gas particles depends only on the absolute temperature of the system. The kinetic theory has its own definition of temperature, not identical with the thermodynamic definition.
The time during collision of molecule with the container's wall is negligible as compared to the time between successive collisions.
Because they have mass, the gas molecules will be affected by gravity.

Answer 4

joanna so what for answer @JoannaBlackwelder

Answer 5

did you try reading it

Answer 6

you kind of have too if you want to learn it

Answer 7

i think D

Answer 8

Looks good to me :)

Answer 9

good job