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liraira [26]
3 years ago
12

The mean free path of a helium atom in helium gas at standard temperature and pressure is 0.2 um.What is the radius of the heliu

m atom in nanometers?
Physics
1 answer:
ivolga24 [154]3 years ago
5 0

Answer: 0.10233nm

Explanation:

The mean free path \lambda   of an atom is given by the following formula:

\lambda=\frac{RT}{\sqrt{2} \pi d^{2}N_{A}P}    (1)

Where:

\lambda=0.2\mu m=0.2(10)^{-6}m

R=8.3145J/mol.K is the Universal gas constant

T=0\°C=273.115K is the absolute standard temperature

d is the diameter of the helium atom

N_{A}=6.0221(10)^{23}/mol is the Avogadro's number

P=1atm=101.3kPa=101.3(10)^{3}Pa=101.3(10)^{3}J/m^{3} absolute standard pressure

Knowing this, let's find d from (1), in order to find the radius r of the helium atom:

d=\sqrt{\frac{RT}{\sqrt{2}\pi\lambda N_{A}P}}    (2)

d=\sqrt{\frac{(8.3145J/mol.K)(273.115K)}{\sqrt{2}\pi(0.2(10)^{-6}m)(6.0221(10)^{23}/mol)(101.3(10)^{3}J/m^{3})}}    (3)

d=2.0467(10)^{-10}m    (4)

If the radius is half the diameter:

r=\frac{d}{2}  (5)

Then:

r=\frac{2.0467(10)^{-10}m}{2}  (6)

r=1.0233(10)^{-10}m  (7)

However, we were asked to find this radius in nanometers. Knowing 1nm=(10)^{-9}m:

r=1.0233(10)^{-10}m.\frac{1nm}{(10)^{-9}m}=0.10233nm  (8)

Finally:

r=0.10233nm This is the radius of the helium atom in nanometers.

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