Using a vacuum pump, a vessel containing pure nitrogen gas has its internal pressure reduced to 1.33 × 10-7 Pa. Assuming  T= 298 K and a collision diameter of 395 pm for nitrogen gas, answer the following questions:  a) What is the root mean square (RMS) speed of the gas? b) What is the mean free path of the gas? c) What is the collision frequency of the gas? You can approximate the mean speed as being equal to the RMS speed.

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Using a vacuum pump, a vessel containing pure nitrogen gas has its internal pressure reduced to 1.33 × 10-7 Pa. Assuming  T= 298 K and a collision diameter of 395 pm for nitrogen gas, answer the following questions: 
a) What is the root mean square (RMS) speed of the gas?
b) What is the mean free path of the gas?
c) What is the collision frequency of the gas? You can approximate the mean speed as being equal to the RMS speed. 

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