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The Magnetic Prandtl number is a dimensionless quantity occurring in magnetohydrodynamics which approximates the ratio of momentum diffusivity and magnetic diffusivity. It is defined as:

where:

At the base of the Sun's convection zone the Magnetic Prandtl number is approximately 10, and in the interiors of planets and in liquid-metal laboratory dynamos is approximately 10.

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