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PhysicsUnit & DimensionMiscellaneousEasy2 minPYQ_2020
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The viscosityηof a gas depends on the long-range attractive part of the intermolecular force, which varies with molecular separationraccording toF = μr–nwherenis a number andμis a constant. Ifηis a function of the massmof the molecules, their mean speedv, and the constantμthen which of following is correct -

Options:

Answer:
B
Solution:

Dimension of η≡FrAv≡MLT-2[L]L2LT-1

 η≡ML-1T-1

Dimensions ofμ=Frn

μ=MLT-2Ln

μ=MLn+1T-2

Let‘η’depend on massmmean speedvand constantμas -

η∝mavbμc

ML-1T-1∝MaLT-1bMLn+1T-2c

ML-1T-1∝Ma+cLb+cn+1T-b-2c

Equating dimensions both sides

a+c=1⇒c=1-a

b+cn+1=-1

⇒b=-1+cn+1

-b+2c=-1

⇒b=1-2c

∴1-2c=-1+cn+1

2c-1=1+cn+1

2c-cn+1=2

c2-n-1=2

c1-n=2

=c=-2n-1

a=1-c

a=1+2n-1=n-1+2n-1

a=n+1n-1

b=1-2c

=1+4n-1=n-1+4n-1

b=n+3n-1

∴η∝mn+1n-1vn+3n-1μ-2n-1

Stream:NTA_ABHYASSubject:PhysicsTopic:Unit & DimensionSubtopic:Miscellaneous
⏱ 2mℹ️ Source: PYQ_2020

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