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The speed of sound in different gases at a certain temperature T depends on the molar mass of the gases. Show that

v1v2=M2M1,{\frac{v_1}{v_2}} = \sqrt{\frac{M_2}{M_1}},

where

v1v_1

is the speed of sound in a gas of molar mass

M1M_1

and

v2v_2

is the speed of sound in a gas of molar mass

M2M_2

.

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From the ProblemProblem 9191 we have given relation for speed of sound:

vs=γRTM\begin{align*} v_s=\sqrt\frac{\gamma\cdot{R}\cdot{T}}{M} \end{align*}

So for the speed of sound in both gases we have:

v1=γRTM1v2=γRTM2v1v2=γRTM1γRTM2(v1v2)2=γRTM1γRTM2(v1v2)2=M2M1v1v2=M2M1\begin{align*} v_1&=\sqrt\frac{\gamma\cdot{R}\cdot{T}}{M_1}\\ v_2&=\sqrt\frac{\gamma\cdot{R}\cdot{T}}{M_2}\\ \frac{v_1}{v_2}&=\frac{\sqrt\frac{\gamma\cdot{R}\cdot{T}}{M_1}}{\sqrt\frac{\gamma\cdot{R}\cdot{T}}{M_2}}\\ \left( \frac{v_1}{v_2}\right)^2&=\frac{\frac{\gamma\cdot{R}\cdot{T}}{M_1}}{\frac{\gamma\cdot{R}\cdot{T}}{M_2}}\\ \left( \frac{v_1}{v_2}\right)^2&=\frac{M_2}{M_1}\\ \frac{v_1}{v_2}&=\sqrt\frac{M_2}{M_1} \end{align*}

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