Physics GCSE
Collisions with container walls
What Collisions with container walls means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Collisions with container walls
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Faster particles strike the walls more often and with greater force per collision, so the total force on a fixed area of wall increases.
Topics that use Collisions with container walls
- Pressure (OCR GCSE)
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