Chemistry, asked by adhikaryarpita00, 22 hours ago

what are the assumption that are made when we write that the change of momentum on collision with the wall is 2mu when molecules of mass m moving in the the interior with velocity u collide with wall??​

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Answered by qwsuccess
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The assumption are that

  1. the collision are elastic (otherwise a molecule colliding with the momentum mu need not rebound with the momentum -mu so the change is mu-(-mu)=2mu
  2. there are no force of attraction and repulsion between the gas molecule (as otherwise, a molecule moving with a velocity u would not reach the wall with the velocity u). Of course, there is one more assumption: the wall is fixed.

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