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Standard XII
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Perfectly Elastic Collision
Define mean f...
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Define mean free path and write its expression.
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Average distance travelled by a moving particle between two successive collisions which change its energy or direction or other properties.It is given by
l
=
1
σ
n
where
σ
is cross sectional area and n is the number of target particles per unit volume .
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