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Mean free path and electron density are calculated from measurements on the complex conductivity of a discharge. Formulas based on two alternative assumptions are tested against experimental facts; one is constancy of mean free path (independence of electron velocity), the other is constancy of mean free time.
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Adler et al. (1950) studied this question.
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