accommodation coefficient

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(ə′käm·ə′dā·shən ′kō·ə′fish·ənt)

(statistical mechanics) The ratio of the average energy actually transferred between a surface and impinging gas molecules scattered by the surface, to the average energy which would theoretically be transferred if the impinging molecules reached complete thermal equilibrium with the surface.

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