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Mean Free Path

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The mean free path is the average distance a gas molecule travels between successive collisions with other molecules.

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Lowering a gas's pressure spreads its molecules farther apart, lengthening the mean free path between collisions.

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Mean free path is an average over huge numbers of collisions — no single molecule travels exactly that distance every time.

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