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minus-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years ago Air molecules travel at 500 meters per second. 500m/s=1118mph. Seems unlikely
minus-squareCertifiedBlackGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoactually they’re only slightly off. 3-400m/s Though that’s for individuals. The average is near 0, since they’re all going in random directions, canceling each other out.
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years ago The stinky molecules move slower than oxygen but you get the point https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Kinetics/03%3A_Rate_Laws/3.01%3A_Gas_Phase_Kinetics/3.1.02%3A_Maxwell-Boltzmann_Distributions
500m/s=1118mph. Seems unlikely
actually they’re only slightly off. 3-400m/s
Though that’s for individuals. The average is near 0, since they’re all going in random directions, canceling each other out.
The stinky molecules move slower than oxygen but you get the point
https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Kinetics/03%3A_Rate_Laws/3.01%3A_Gas_Phase_Kinetics/3.1.02%3A_Maxwell-Boltzmann_Distributions