The mean free path of electrons in a metal is $4 \times 10^{-8} \;m$. The electric field which can give on an average $2 \;eV$ energy to an electron in the metal will be in units of $V/m$.

Ten small planes are flying at a speed of $150 \ km/h$ in total darkness in an air space that is $20 \times 20 \times 1.5 \ km^3$ in volume. You are in one of the planes, flying at random within this space with no way of knowing where the other planes are. On the average, about how long a time will elapse between near collisions with your plane? Assume for this rough computation that a safety region around the plane can be approximated by a sphere of radius $10 \ m$.

What is the effect of a decrease in the number of molecules per unit volume on the mean free path?

Calculate the ratio of the mean free paths of the molecules of two gases having molecular diameters $1\,\mathring{A}$ and $2\,\mathring{A}$. The gases may be considered under identical conditions of temperature,pressure,and volume.

$A$ system consists of two types of gas molecules $A$ and $B$ having the same number density $2 \times 10^{25} \, /m^3$. The diameters of $A$ and $B$ are $10 \, \mathring{A}$ and $5 \, \mathring{A}$ respectively. They undergo collisions at room temperature. The ratio of the average distance covered by molecule $A$ to that of $B$ between two successive collisions is $..... \times 10^{-2}$.

The mean free path of molecules in an ideal gas $A$ is half that of another ideal gas $B$. The diameter of the spherical molecules of gas $A$ is twice the diameter of the molecules of gas $B$. If number densities of the gases $A$ and $B$ are $n_A$ and $n_B$, respectively, then the correct option is :