Explain and answer  The best laboratory vacuum pump can generate a vacuum of about 1 nTorr. At 25° C and assuming that air consists of N2 molecules with a collision diameter of 395 pm, calculate:i) the mean free path of the gas. (1 J = 1 kg.m2/s2) R = 8.31451 J K-1 mol-1

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The best laboratory vacuum pump can generate a vacuum of about 1 nTorr. At 25° C
and assuming that air consists of N2 molecules with a collision diameter of 395 pm,
calculate:i) the mean free path of the gas.


(1 J = 1 kg.m2/s2) R = 8.31451 J K-1 mol-1 

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