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13.4 Exercise 1

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If you consider a very small object such as a grain of pollen, in a gas, then the number of atoms and molecules striking its surface would also be relatively small. Would the grain of pollen experience any fluctuations in pressure due to statistical fluctuations in the number of gas atoms and molecules striking it in a given amount of time?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 13.4 Kinetic Theory: Atomic and Molecular Explanation of Pressure and Temperature, exercise 1

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