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Cross-section per unit mass
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2026-09-25
For an equal-
density
sphere
of
diameter
D
, the
ratio
of geometric cross-section to
mass
is
π
ρ
D
3
/6
π
D
2
/4
=
2
ρ
D
3
.
(1)
Breaking
a
fixed
mass
into smaller pieces therefore increases its total cross-section in inverse proportion to fragment
size
.
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