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  2. Collision theory - Wikipedia

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    Collision theory is a principle of chemistry used to predict the rates of chemical reactions. It states that when suitable particles of the reactant hit each other with the correct orientation, only a certain amount of collisions result in a perceptible or notable change; these successful changes are called successful collisions.

  3. File:Buffon needle.svg - Wikipedia

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    Buffon_needle.gif; Author: Buffon_needle.gif: Claudio Rocchini; IMPORTANT NOTE: The Name of Buffon is: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon! Claudio Rocchini is the Author of the first version of this image, not the author of its theory. derivative work: Nicoguaro (talk)

  4. Inelastic collision - Wikipedia

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    An inelastic collision, in contrast to an elastic collision, is a collision in which kinetic energy is not conserved due to the action of internal friction. In collisions of macroscopic bodies, some kinetic energy is turned into vibrational energy of the atoms , causing a heating effect, and the bodies are deformed.

  5. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon - Wikipedia

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    Georges Louis Leclerc (later Comte de Buffon) was born at Montbard, in the province of Burgundy to Benjamin François Leclerc, a minor local official in charge of the salt tax and Anne-Christine Marlin, also from a family of civil servants.

  6. Buffon's needle problem - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory, Buffon's needle problem is a question first posed in the 18th century by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon: [1] Suppose we have a floor made of parallel strips of wood , each the same width, and we drop a needle onto the floor.

  7. William Lewis (physical chemist) - Wikipedia

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    Has carried out most valuable and important investigations on the energy relationship of chemical change and was one of the first to apply the energy quantum theory to chemical reaction. His pioneer work in this field has proved to be of great value and has opened up a very promising field of research. Author of: - 'A System of Physical Chemistry.'

  8. Collision problem - Wikipedia

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    The r-to-1 collision problem is an important theoretical problem in complexity theory, quantum computing, and computational mathematics. The collision problem most often refers to the 2-to-1 version: [ 1 ] given n {\displaystyle n} even and a function f : { 1 , … , n } → { 1 , … , n } {\displaystyle f:\,\{1,\ldots ,n\}\rightarrow \{1 ...

  9. Collision frequency - Wikipedia

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    Collision frequency describes the rate of collisions between two atomic or molecular species in a given volume, per unit time. In an ideal gas , assuming that the species behave like hard spheres, the collision frequency between entities of species A and species B is: [ 1 ]