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The escape velocity on earth is 11.2 km/s. What fraction of the escape velocity is the rms speed of H2 at a temperature of 44.0 degrees Celsius on the earth? Note that virtually all the molecules will have escaped the earth's atmosphere if this fraction exceeds 0.15.

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