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- In astrophysics, weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, are hypothetical particles serving as one possible solution to the dark matter ...10 KB (1,576 words) - 23:22, 3 May 2023
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- In particle physics, a lepton is one of the elementary (or fundamental) particles that are the building blocks of matter. Elementary particles ...8 KB (1,168 words) - 21:59, 25 October 2022
- * Stress (mechanics), the internal forces that neighboring particles of a continuous material exert on each other * Occupational stress, stress ...695 bytes (97 words) - 16:21, 1 July 2022
- definite composition and properties. The particles in the mixture are uniformly ... (the solvent). Solutions have all particles within the size of atoms ...5 KB (683 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- of a variety of materials, including fine particles of silt and clay, and larger ... A river continually picks up and drops solid particles of rock and ...5 KB (763 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- In particle physics, bosons are particles that obey Bose-Einstein statistics and are named after Satyendra Nath Bose and Albert Einstein. In ...10 KB (1,425 words) - 17:22, 22 December 2022
- The filtration process separates solid particles from a fluid in a ... relies on the difference in sizes of the particles that make up the fluid ...10 KB (1,555 words) - 19:47, 26 March 2024
- * Breaking: The dispersed particles (droplets) coalesce and form a ... * Flocculation: The particles of the dispersed phase form clumps. ...6 KB (796 words) - 22:19, 4 February 2022
- wavelength is not the distance that particles travel during a period ... ==De Broglie wavelength of particles== Louis de Broglie postulated ...6 KB (857 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- A cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator. Cyclotrons accelerate charged particles using a high-frequency, alternating voltage (potential ...12 KB (1,883 words) - 06:53, 12 January 2024
- with small amount of smoke produced; the particles are mostly composed of ... The visible particles in such smokes are most commonly composed of ...7 KB (1,034 words) - 21:19, 30 January 2023
- discovered many types of subatomic particles that are now classified ... Like all subatomic particles, hadrons have quantum numbers corresponding ...10 KB (1,480 words) - 16:38, 21 January 2024
- rocks of similar composition but made of particles smaller than .0625 millimeters ... that forms shale is compaction. The fine particles that compose shale can ...4 KB (524 words) - 12:21, 27 January 2023
- the tracks of electrically charged particles such as the electron. The ... ===Tracks of subatomic particles=== As his responsibilities increased ...8 KB (1,235 words) - 00:34, 5 December 2023
- Radioisotopes that emit alpha particles are used to provide safe power ... body is generally not harmful because the particles are absorbed by a few centimeters ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- Mechanical weathering involves breakdown of the rock into particles ... some minerals and converts others into particles that can be readily carried ...11 KB (1,524 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- If a system consists of several particles moving around the same origin ... === Angular momentum of group of particles === It is often convenient ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 06:03, 28 July 2023
- that is, it is not known to be made up of smaller particles. Particles that have no substructure could be considered the basic building blocks of the ...18 KB (2,400 words) - 16:06, 13 February 2024
- particularly in the theory of elementary particles. In 1932, he married Sumiko ... influence on research into elementary particles. In 1940, he became a professor ...3 KB (480 words) - 13:02, 22 January 2024
- of magnetic recording tapes; and ferrite particles are a component of radar ... undergoes sintering (in which the solid particles adhere to one another) ...7 KB (1,039 words) - 17:27, 26 March 2024
- In particle physics, fermions are a group of elementary (or fundamental) particles that are the building blocks of matter. In the Standard Model ...16 KB (2,185 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
