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Old 06-07-2007, 07:50 PM
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Default How far apart are air molecules? How far would an infinetesimally small laser beam travel to hit one?

just curious, I have no application
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Old 06-07-2007, 08:30 PM
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I'll give you a start:
Assume air is an ideal gas (actually a mixture of gases).
Assume the air is at STP (standard temperature and pressure).
1.00 mole of the gas would occupy 22.4 Liters. In that volume you would have 6.022 x 10^23 molecules.

Your problem is to calculate the distance between each molecule in the 22.4 L box. Assume each molecule occupies no space (i.e., it is just a point in space).

Have fun.
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