I have two Biophysical chem questions that I have no idea how toget the answer. Please help and show work. Thank you.
1. The unit millimeters of mercury (mmHg) has been replaced bythe unit torr: 1mmHg is defined as the pressure at the base of acolumn of mercury exactly 1 mm high when its density is 13.5951g/cm3 and the acceleration of free fall is 9.806m/s2. What is the relation between the two units?
The answer to this question is 1.000000 143 Torr.
2. Use the Maxwell distribution of speeds to find an expressionfor the most probable speed of molecules of molar mass M at atemperature T. Hint: look for the maximum in the Maxwelldistribution (the maximum occurs as df/ds = 0).
The answer to this question is c=(2RT/M)^(1/2)
