PPT Slide
Consider the Maxwell velocity distribution function.
(this distribution function gives us the probability (P) that in an ideal gas a randomly chosen molecule at one time moment will have a velocity around the value of v, in a unit velocity interval: )
1. Sketch the graphical form of this distribution function, and show that it is normalized to unity.
3. Calculate the most probable velocity.
Staring from the form of the distribution functions [f(vx)], f(vy), f(vz)] for the components of the velocity in the x, y and z direction, in an ideal gas --> derive the Maxwell velocity distribution function (given above)!