Knudsen gas

English

Etymology

Named after Danish physicist Martin Knudsen.

Noun

Knudsen gas (plural Knudsen gases)

  1. (physics) A gas in a state of such low density that the average distance travelled by the its molecules between collisions (mean free path) is greater than the diameter of the receptacle that contains it.
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