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Gas molecules of different masses in the same container have the same average translational kinetic energy. To what is this energy directly proportional?

Correct answer B. Absolute temperature

Explanation

Kinetic theory gives the average translational kinetic energy as (3/2)kT, so it depends only on absolute temperature, not on molecular mass.

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