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Grade 11Thermal Physics

in mean free path of a gas molecule from where has 1/root 2 (1.414) has come plz explain?????

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Gundeep Singh
9 Years ago
The factor 1/root 2 comes by applying Maxwell Boltzmann statistics. Which is not in your syllabus. In NCERT, formula for mean free path is derived by taking ideal conditions. But actually a factor of 1/root2 will come in practical case.