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Past exam of the physics B course of the University of Cambridge 2014 Paper 1 Section A A4 Solution by
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For isotropic planar motion, the planar effusion flux gives an escape rate through a gap of width is , where is tray area. At fixed equilibrium kinetic energy, or fixed shape of the scaled speed distribution, . Hence halving the mass increases the rate by . This planar effusion result assumes the same spatial density and an unrestricted small opening. Strictly, average energy alone fixes , not ; an arbitrary change of distribution shape would need more information.
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