Easy MCQ +4 / -1

The mean free path of a gas molecule depends on:

  1. A molecular diameter only
  2. B number density only
  3. C both molecular diameter and number density Correct answer
  4. D neither

Solution

$\lambda = 1/(\sqrt{2}\,n\pi d^2)$ depends on both $n$ and $d$.

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Subject: Physics · Chapter: Kinetic Theory of Gases · Topic: Mean Free Path

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