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The rarefaction of flow based on Knudsen number can be divided into 4 categories.

Flow regimeKnudsen number range
Continuum Regime < 0.001
Slip flow0.001 - 0.1
Transition Transonic flow0.1 - 10
Free Molecular > 10
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