Suppose you have an antique copper penny in your pocket. Modeling the conduction electrons in the penny as an ideal gas, use results from Chapter 20 to estimate their kinetic energy and root-mean-square (rms) velocity. (Assume that the temperature is 27.1°C.)

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Suppose you have an antique copper penny in your pocket. Modeling the conduction electrons in the penny as an ideal gas, use results from Chapter 20 to estimate their kinetic energy and root-mean-square (rms) velocity. (Assume that the temperature is 27.1°C.)

kinetic energy      J
rms      m/s
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