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Materials science
The the study of matter and their applications in various areas of science and engineering.
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fluidization
Materials science; Material physics
When a fluid flows upward through a granular medium, particulate fluidization is initiated when the upward drag becomes equal to the force of gravity and the particulates are in ...
interchange instability
Materials science; Material physics
When a light fluid supports a heavy fluid, the system is stabilized by interchanging the two. This is the interchange instability, which is also called the Rayleigh-Taylor ...
fluorescence
Materials science; Material physics
When a nucleus is illuminated by electromagnetic energy at a frequency corresponding to the energy of a nuclear or atomic level, the incident electromagnetic energy is absorbed ...
Faraday effect
Materials science; Material physics
When a plane-polarized beam of electromagnetic wave passes through a certain material in a direction parallel to the lines of a magnetic field, the plane of polarization is ...
Zener breakdown
Materials science; Material physics
When a p-n junction diode, consisting of a junction of p- and n-type doped semiconductors, is strongly reversebiased (meaning a large positive voltage is applied to the n-type ...
Debye shielding
Materials science; Material physics
When a positive (or negative) charge is inserted into a plasma medium, it will change the local charge distribution by attracting (or repelling) electrons. The net result is an ...
electron saturation current
Materials science; Material physics
When a positive electrical potential is applied to a surface in contact with a plasma (the electrode), the surface attracts electrons in the plasma. Above a certain voltage, the ...
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