Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-11823-072-5

Chapter 38 - Photons and Matter Waves - Problems - Page 1185: 84b

Answer

$3.45\;nm$

Work Step by Step

From the very general considerations, the mean inter-particle distance is proportional to the size of the per-particle volume $d_{avg}\approx\frac{1}{\sqrt[3] n}$ where $n=\frac{N}{V}$ is the particle density. Using gas equation, we may write $d_{avg}\approx\frac{1}{\sqrt[3] \frac{p}{kT}}$ or, $d_{avg}=\sqrt[3] \frac{kT}{p}$ or, $d_{avg}=\sqrt[3] \frac{1.38\times 10^{-23}\times 300}{1.01\times 10^{5}}\;m$ or, $d_{avg}=3.45\times 10^{-9}\;m$ or, $d_{avg}=3.45\;nm$
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