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:I don't know. I assume it was "simple" geometry, averaging the sqrt of the chord length crossing the sphere over the circular face of the atom. Here is a ref for the average of the chord length: https://inis.iaea.org/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/34/035/34035593.pdf [[User:Johnjbarton|Johnjbarton]] ([[User talk:Johnjbarton|talk]]) 21:21, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
::I thought he meant the average length an alpha particle travels through a sphere, which would be <math>\frac{4}{3} \pi r^3 \div \pi r^2 = \frac{4}{3} r</math> [[User:Kurzon|Kurzon]] ([[User talk:Kurzon|talk]]) 07:51, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
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