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Why Is Random Movement Called Brownian Motion, and What Does It Do?
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Brownian motion is the random movement of particles in a fluid due to their collisions with other atoms or molecules. Even though a particle may be large compared to the size of atoms and molecules in the surrounding medium, it can be moved by the impact with many tiny, fast-moving masses. Brownian
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- Brownian motion is the random movement of particles in a fluid due to their collisions with other atoms or molecules.
- Even though a particle may be large compared to the size of atoms and molecules in the surrounding medium, it can be moved by the impact with many tiny, fast-moving masses. Brownian motion may be considered a macroscopic (visible) picture of a particle influenced by many microscopic random effects.
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