Maxwell speed distribution

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The Maxwell velocity distribution [1] [2] [3] [4] provides probability that the speed of a molecule of mass m lies in the range v to v+dv is given by

where T is the temperature and is the Boltzmann constant. The maximum of this distribution is located at

The mean speed is given by

and the root-mean-square speed by

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