Re: Mean free path

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In article <Xns98AA8F7EAD61Elkajehoriuasldfjknak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, John 
Schutkeker <jschutkeker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>What's the equation for mean free path?  I thought it was l=n*sigma*v, but 
>that's the collision frequency.  I know there's an easy one, but I can't 
>find it in my library.  And it's so easy, grrr...

It is L = 1/(n*sigma).  So the collision frequency is v/L.

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