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Transport Phenomena

Problem 2.227

Oxygen is enclosed at the temperature \(0^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) in a vessel with the characteristic dimension \(l=10 \mathrm{~mm}\) (this is the linear dimension determining the character of a physical process in question). Find: (a) the gas pressure below which the mean free path of the molecules \(\lambda>l\) (b) the corresponding molecular concentration and the mean distance between the molecules.

Reveal Answer
 (a) 0.7 Pa (b) 21014 cm3,0.2μm\text { (a) } 0.7 \mathrm{~Pa} \text { (b) } 2 \cdot 10^{14} \mathrm{~cm}^{-3}, 0.2 \mu \mathrm{m}