the average distance travelled by a particle, atom, etc, between collisions
Examples of 'mean free path' in a sentence
mean free path
Themolecular mean free path varies with the molecule's distance from the center of thenanopore.
Qixin Liu, Zhiyong Cai 2014, 'Study on the Characteristics of Gas Molecular Mean Free Pathin Nanopores by MolecularDynamics Simulations', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/15/7/12714. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Lamellar structures offer larger active areas for ionic conductivity and a short mean free path of electrons.
Wook Ki Jung, Changyeon Baek, Joo-Hyung Kim, San Moon, Dong Seok Kim, Young Hwa Jung,Do Kyung Kim 2018, 'A highly-aligned lamellar structure of ice-templated LiFePO4 cathode for enhancedrate capability', Materials & Designhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127517310249. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All materials used were varied in size, according to the value of mean free path for each material.
Nina Fauziah, Andang Widiharto, Yohannes Sardjono 2015, 'A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF NEUTRON COLLIMATOR IN THE THERMAL COLUMN OF KARTINI RESEARCHREACTOR FOR IN VITRO AND IN VIVO TEST OF BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY', Tri Dasa Megahttp://jurnal.batan.go.id/index.php/tridam/article/view/1868. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This variation has been explained phenomenologically on the basis of variation of phonon mean free path with temperature.
Vandana Kumari, Anusaiya Kaswan, Dinesh Patidar, Kananbala Sharma, Narendra SahaiSaxena 2015, 'Effective thermal conductivity and diffusivity of GeSeSb glasses measured simultaneouslyas a function of temperature and fit to empirical equations', Journal of Asian Ceramic Societieshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2187076415000615. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This size effect was first studied for metal thin films when the film thickness approaches the electron mean free path.
Weihuang Xue, Wenhua Gu 2016, 'Conductivity size effect of polycrystalline metal nanowires', AIP Advanceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4967198. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)