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 <title>mean translational kinetic energy</title>
 <name>MeanTranslationalKineticEnergy</name>
 <created>2004-11-24 22:01:53</created>
 <modified>2004-11-24 22:01:53</modified>
 <type>Definition</type>
 <creator id="1" name="bloftin"/>
 <modifier id="1" name="bloftin"/>
 <author id="1" name="bloftin"/>
 <synonyms>
	<synonym concept="mean translational kinetic energy" alias="average translational kinetic energy"/>
 </synonyms>
 <preamble></preamble>
 <content>The mean translational kinetic energy is a result from the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.  

\begin{equation}
K_avg = \frac{1}{2} m {v^2}_rms
\end{equation}</content>
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