Thread: mean free path
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Old January 8th, 2006, 04:35
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when we raise the pressure, it's equivalent to decreasing the volume. So when we have for example 1000 molecules in a space and we decrease the volume of the space (isotherm) what do you think will happen with the mean free path ?

same when we have the same space, but raise the temperature. The molecules start moving faster so the chance that they collide with each other increases --> what will happen with mean free path ?