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... Field and border designs . Designs usually consist of an inner field - the pattern in the centre of the carpet- and a border . The latter serves , like the cornice on a building or the frame on a picture , to emphasize the limits ...
... Field and border designs . Designs usually consist of an inner field - the pattern in the centre of the carpet- and a border . The latter serves , like the cornice on a building or the frame on a picture , to emphasize the limits ...
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... field relative to the current flow . This magnetoresistance effect is associated with the curling up of the electron trajecto- ries in the magnetic field , thereby decreasing the mean free path ( the average distance that a particle ...
... field relative to the current flow . This magnetoresistance effect is associated with the curling up of the electron trajecto- ries in the magnetic field , thereby decreasing the mean free path ( the average distance that a particle ...
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... Field emission . Finally , emission can occur even at room temperature if an applied electric field is high enough . This phenomenon , called field emission , is caused by a purely quantum - mechanical effect called tun- nelling . A ...
... Field emission . Finally , emission can occur even at room temperature if an applied electric field is high enough . This phenomenon , called field emission , is caused by a purely quantum - mechanical effect called tun- nelling . A ...
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