Chemistry / Chem 1297 · Atom · ~20 seconds
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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