State-of-the-art vacuum equipment can attain pressures as 3.0 x 10-11 Pa. Suppose that a chamber contains helium at that pressure and at temperature 290 K. Assume the diameter e a helium atom is 1.0 x 10-10 m. 1) Estimate the mean free path for helium in the chamber. (Express your answer to two significant figures.) 10011000

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State-of-the-art vacuum equipment can attain pressures as 3.0
x 10-11 Pa. Suppose that a chamber contains helium at that pressure and at temperature 290 K. Assume the diameter of
a helium atom is 1.0
x 10-10 m.
1) Estimate the mean free path for helium in the chamber. (Express your answer to two significant figures.)
1.33*10^9
m
Transcribed Image Text:State-of-the-art vacuum equipment can attain pressures as 3.0 x 10-11 Pa. Suppose that a chamber contains helium at that pressure and at temperature 290 K. Assume the diameter of a helium atom is 1.0 x 10-10 m. 1) Estimate the mean free path for helium in the chamber. (Express your answer to two significant figures.) 1.33*10^9 m
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