Two Maxwell-Boltzmann speed distributions are drawn for the same gas at temperatures T1 and T2.
What happens to the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution as T increases from T1 to T2?
- Acheck_circle
Peak shifts to higher speed and curve broadens
- B
Peak shifts to lower speed
- C
No change in distribution
- D
Curve narrows and peaks higher
Explanation
Higher T raises average kinetic energy; the most probable speed increases, the peak lowers, and the distribution broadens (area is conserved).