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Re: Cryo skin effect?

John:

"The mean free path of the electrons tends to increase as the temp goes down"

Help me out here, this seems couterintuitive.

As the matter is cooled, it condenses, with less free space between molecules. But the atoms comprising the molecules don't change, do they?

Is it that the cooling induced proximity allows free electrons to visit or interact with the neighboring atoms or molecules more readily?

Are "free" electrons what makes a material conductive? And is it correct that electrons don't flow, they just kinda tap the next guy on the shoulder?

-Rob

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