Engineering
Chemistry
Collision Frequency and Mean Free Path
Question

A 1 m3 vessel containing 1023 particles have an orifice of area 10–2 mm2. If the average velocity of particle is 103 m/sec, the time taken when initial pressure in the container drop to half of initial value is

27720 sec

277200 sec

2772 sec

477200 sec

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Solution

−dndt=14c¯×nV×A

⇒Inn0nt=(14c¯×ΑV)t

t1/2=0.693(1/4)c→×(A/V)=0.693×4×103×110−2×10−60.693×4×105=277200 sec