mean free path
Americannoun
noun
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"Measuring the effective mean free path of the electrons is very challenging in the low kinetic energy region, as was done in this study, added Yin. "
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2023
The mean free path is the average distance a molecule travels between collisions.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
In Precht’s experiments, in which different gases were used, the variations in the discharging potential are not so great as the variations in the mean free path of the gases.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various
If, on the other hand, a gas is subjected to pressure, its molecules are crowded closer together, and the length of their mean free path is thus lessened.
From A History of Science — Volume 3 by Williams, Henry Smith
Townsend has shown that this value of the mean free path agrees well with the value 1⁄21 cm. deduced from the kinetic theory of gases for a corpuscle moving through air.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various
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