In a certain particle accelerator, protons travel around a circular path of diameter 23.0 m in an

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In a certain particle accelerator, protons travel around a circular path of diameter 23.0 m in an evacuated chamber, whose residual gas is at 295 K and 1.00 x 10-6 torr pressure.

(a) Calculate the number of gas molecules per cubic centimeter at this pressure.

(b) What is the mean free path of the gas molecules if the molecular diameter is 2.00 X 10-8 cm?

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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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