.A neutral sodium atom has an ionization potential of 5.1 eV from its ground state. (1) What is the speed of a free electron that has just barely enough kinetic energy to collisionally ionize a sodium atom in its ground state? (2) What is the speed of a free proton with just enough energy to collisionlly ionize this atom? (3) What is the temperature of a gas in which the average electron kinetic energy is just barely sufficient to ionize a sodium atom in its ground state?

.A neutral sodium atom has an ionization potential of 5.1 eV from its ground state. (1) What is the speed of a free electron that has just barely enough kinetic energy to collisionally ionize a sodium atom in its ground state? (2) What is the speed of a free proton with just enough energy to collisionlly ionize this atom? (3) What is the temperature of a gas in which the average electron kinetic energy is just barely sufficient to ionize a sodium atom in its ground state?

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Chapter29: Introduction To Quantum Physics

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