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Page 162
... temperature is directly propor- tional to the average kinetic energy of the particles . There remains an ineradicable zero - point vibratory mo- tion of particles about the lattice sites in a solid ( i.e. , positions that atoms would ...
... temperature is directly propor- tional to the average kinetic energy of the particles . There remains an ineradicable zero - point vibratory mo- tion of particles about the lattice sites in a solid ( i.e. , positions that atoms would ...
Page 164
... temperature is to measure the vapour pressure of a sample of liquefied gas in thermal equilibrium with the sample the temperature of which is desired . This measurement requires use of tables of tem- perature as a function of the vapour ...
... temperature is to measure the vapour pressure of a sample of liquefied gas in thermal equilibrium with the sample the temperature of which is desired . This measurement requires use of tables of tem- perature as a function of the vapour ...
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... temperature . In a few compounds in which there are no permanent atomic dipoles , the application of a mag- netic field may induce dipoles the sizes of which are pro- portional to the field , as in diamagnetism ; however , such induced ...
... temperature . In a few compounds in which there are no permanent atomic dipoles , the application of a mag- netic field may induce dipoles the sizes of which are pro- portional to the field , as in diamagnetism ; however , such induced ...
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