Consider the expression Based on your intuition or knowledge, predict the dependence of the thermal conductivity coefficient on pressure? increases with p (B) decreases with p (C) is independent of p
Consider the expression Based on your intuition or knowledge, predict the dependence of the thermal conductivity coefficient on pressure? increases with p (B) decreases with p (C) is independent of p Reason: effects of increased number of molecules contributing to heat transport ( p) and shorter mean free path ( 1/p) cancel each other. Exception: If p 0 and > container dimensions (more collisions with the walls than with other molecules, p