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Magnetic diffusivity
(
η
m
=
1/
(
μ
0
σ
)
)
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Magnetic diffusivity
is the
coefficient
of
magnetic diffusion
. In
a
scalar
-conductivity fluid with
vacuum
permeability and negligible
displacement current
,
η
m
=
1/
(
μ
0
σ
)
. Its
dimensions
are
length
squared per
time
, and
a
diffusion
time
on scale
L
is
L
2
/
η
m
.
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