Helium in a vessel at 400 K400\ \text{K}400 K leaks into a vacuum through a pinhole so small that the atoms leave one by one, without colliding near the hole. Take kB=8.62×10−5 eV/Kk_B = 8.62 \times 10^{-5}\ \text{eV/K}kB=8.62×10−5 eV/K. What is the average kinetic energy of the atoms that leave?
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