**Problem Statement:**a) Calculate the mean free path in meters of a nitrogen molecule (with a mass \( m = 4.68 \times 10^{-26} \) kg) located in Earth's atmosphere at sea level. Assume a temperature of \( T = 300 \) K and a number density of particles of \( 10^{19} \, \text{cm}^{-3} \).b) Assuming that the collision cross-section of the molecule is \( \sigma = 2 \times 10^{-10} \) m, compute the collision frequency \( \nu \) in Hertz and the time between collisions \( t \) in seconds.

(a) Radius of the molecule is, r=3V4π13r=3nNA4πnV13r=34.68×10-26 kg28×10-3 kg·mol-16.023×10234π1025…

a) Calculate the mean free path in meters of a nitrogen molecule (with a mass m=4.68×10-26 kg) located in Earth's atmosphere at sea level. Assume a temperature of T=300 K and a number density of particles of 1019 cm-3. b) Assuming that the collision cross-section of the molecule is o = 2×10-10 m, compute the collision frequency v in Hertz and the time between collisionst in seconds.

a) Calculate the mean free path in meters of a nitrogen molecule (with a mass m=4.68×10-26 kg) located in Earth's atmosphere at sea level. Assume a temperature of T=300 K and a number density of particles of 1019 cm-3. b) Assuming that the collision cross-section of the molecule is o = 2×10-10 m, compute the collision frequency v in Hertz and the time between collisionst in seconds.

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