mobility (general)

Mass transport is described by a mobility $b$ , defined by:

$b i = ν i F i$

where $ν i$ is the average drift velocity and $F i$ is the force on particle $i$ .

Source:

PAC, 1999, 71, 1307 (Definitions of Terms for Diffusion in the Solid State) on page 1319

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