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What is the mean time between collisions in `10^(-14)` seconds for electrons in copper? Use electron density of copper is `n_(e)=8.5times10^(28)` `m^(-3)` and the measured conductivity `sigma=6.0times10^(7)Omega^(-1)m^(-1)`

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