//Calculate the Collision frequency Binary Collision Number and Mean free path of Nitrogen //Example 3.2 clc; clear; R=8.314; //Gas constant in J K^-1 mol^-1 T=298; //Temperature in Kelvin mew=0.02800; //Molar mass of Nitrogen in Kg mol^-1 Cbar=sqrt((8*R*T)/(%pi*mew))*100; //Average speed of Nitrogen in cm/s Conc=2.5*10^19; //Concentration of dry air in cm^-3 Cd=3.75*10^-8; //Collision diameter in cm Z1=sqrt(2)*%pi*(Cd)^2*Cbar*Conc;....//Collision frequency in collisions s^-1 printf("Collision frequency of Nitrogen = %.1f*10^9 collisions s^-1",Z1*10^-9);//(The answers vary due to round off error) Z11=(Z1/2)*Conc;....//Binary Collision number in cm^-3 s^-1 printf("\nBinary collision number = %.1f*10^28 collisions cm^-3 s^-1",Z11*10^-28); lambda=Cbar/Z1; //Mean free path of Nitrogen in A/collision printf("\nMean free path of Nirogen = %.0f* A/collision",lambda*10^8);