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Subject: Re: a few more stupid questions, they are the best!
Date: Oct 21, 1:06 pm
Poster: Al Dovigi

On Oct 21, 1:06 pm, Al Dovigi wrote:

Dear Mike,

Stupid questions are usually the best ones.
I too would like to know if the mean free path is the same as the Debye length? I've read about it but don't fully grasp the concepts yet.

Also if neutral are created in this process to a significant degree wouldn't the chances of them causing reaction be better due to shielding from the electron?

Al

>Thankyou for answering my stupid questions. Here are some more.
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>> The mean free path for ions in glow mode devices rarely exceeds a few centimeters. Thus, there is a lot of collisions with attendent ionizations and recombinations. The glow is given off mainly by recombinations.
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>Mean free path is how far the atoms travel without colliding right? Is this the same as Debye Length? And recombination is just the ions becoming neutral by picking up electrons, right?
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>>With heated dispenser cathodes ...
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>What are heated dispenser cathodes? I thought cathodes just gained electrons.