Elastic or Inelastic?

An elastic collision loses In an inelastic collision,

no energy. The deform- energy is lost and the
ation on collision is fully deformation may be
restored. permanent. (Click it.)
Paul E. Tippens
 Common Units of Pressure
Unit Atmospheric Pressure Scientific Field
pascal (Pa); 1.01325 x 105 Pa SI unit; physics,
kilopascal(kPa) 101.325 kPa chemistry

atmosphere (atm) 1 atm* Chemistry

millimeters of mercury 760 mmHg* Chemistry, medicine,

( mm Hg ) biology

torr 760 torr* Chemistry

pounds per square inch 14.7 lb/in2 Engineering

( psi or lb/in2 )
bar 1.01325 bar Meteorology,
chemistry, physics
 Converting Units of Pressure
Problem: A chemist collects a sample of carbon dioxide from the
decomposition of limestone (CaCO3) in a closed end manometer, the
height of the mercury is 341.6 mm Hg. Calculate the CO2 pressure in
torr, atmospheres, and kilopascals.
Solution:

converting from mmHg to torr:

PCO2 (torr) = 341.6 mm Hg x 1 torr = 341.6 torr
1 mm Hg
converting from torr to atm:
PCO2( atm) = 341.6 torr x 1 atm = 0.4495 atm
760 torr
converting from atm to kPa:
PCO2(kPa) = 0.4495 atm x 101.325 kPa = 45.54 kPa
1 atm
Calculate the most probable speed vmp, the mean speed v, and the root-mean-square
speed vrms for hydrogen molecules at 0 oC.