An engineer investigating a new refrigerant measures its density in the liquid phase to be ρL=1200 kg m−3\rho_L = 1200\text{ kg m}^{-3}ρL=1200 kg m−3, and in its gaseous phase to be ρG=1.2 kg m−3\rho_G = 1.2\text{ kg m}^{-3}ρG=1.2 kg m−3.
Using a simplified cubic particle model where each molecule of mass m m\,m occupies a volume of d3d^3d3 (where d d\,d is the mean molecular spacing), estimate the ratio of the mean molecular spacing in the gas to that in the liquid, dGdL\displaystyle \frac{d_G}{d_L}dLdG.
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