Title: Mean Free Path
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- Mean Free Path
- Diffusion, Thermal conductivity, and Viscosity
2006-10-12
2Equilibrium distribution
dn is the number of molecules
near v
3Meaning of dn/N
among N molecules, how many are near v
probability that one molecule is near v
proportional to dvx ...
4Isotropic assumption
The solution is
The probability should be normalized
5each normalized
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7For unit volume
Maxwell velocity distribution
8Maxwell speed distribution
Most probable speed
For one molecule, what speed is most possible?
Among N molecules, what is the speed most
molecules have in unit interval?
9Maxwellian can be written as
10The average speed
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16Transport phenomena
Heat transfer
conduction convection
thermal radiation
diffusion
viscosity
thermal conductivity
Fouriers law
17Diffusion
Ficks law
Viscosity
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18Microscopic theory of transport coefficients
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20Similarly
21Hydrogen under STP
r 1.1210-10m
22Experimental results