Material physics

Material physics

Material physics is the use of physics to describe materials in many different ways. It covers a number of related fields such as chemistry, solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, condensed matter, solid state physics, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics, quantum optics, plasma physics, and thermodynamics.

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inert core

Materials science; Material physics

Nucleons in the nucleus which are inactive, except for providing binding energy to the valence (or outermost) nucleons.

electron cyclotron frequency

Materials science; Material physics

Number of times per second that an electron orbits a magnetic field line. The frequency is completely determined by the strength of the field and the electron's charge-to-mass ratio.

hairpin vortices

Materials science; Material physics

Observed in boundary layers. They have an axis in the transverse direction with legs near the wall and a head and neck that extend away from the wall. They have been associated with intense Reynolds ...

orifice plate

Materials science; Material physics

Obstruction-type meter used in pipe flow to determine the flow rate by measuring the pressure drop across a sudden contraction and expansion.

Bremsstrahlung radiation

Materials science; Material physics

Occurs in plasma when electrons interact ("collide") with the Coulomb fields of ions; the resulting deflection of the electrons causes them to radiate.