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Quantum Evaporation.
- Source :
- Scientific American; Oct83, Vol. 249 Issue 4, p85-87, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 1983
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Abstract
- The article focuses on the study of a quantum evaporation, conducted by physicists M. J. Baird, F. R. Hope and A. F. G. Wyatt of the University of Exeter in England. According to their study, a single atom is ejected from the surface of a liquid by a single, quantified thermal excitation of the liquid. They also pointed out that the ordinary evaporation remains far too complex to be explained from the first principle of the quantum theory. In a demonstration of a quantum evaporation, the complex interactions that give rise to ordinary evaporation had to be eliminated.
- Subjects :
- QUANTUM theory
EVAPORATION (Chemistry)
EXCITON theory
PHYSICISTS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00368733
- Volume :
- 249
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scientific American
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 19868498