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ad particle

ad particle is the alternative spelling of adparticle.

Meaning of adparticle

Noun

adparticle (plural adparticles)

  1. A cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a material.
    • Otherwise, in the case of pure physisorption, adatoms and very small adclusters would not be observed with the STM because the probability for the sharp eigenstates of the adparticles to lie within the 10 meV energy window ( given by the bias voltage ) would be considerably small.1987, PDMS and Clusters, page 125

Forms of ad particle

pluralad particles

Questions about ad particle

What is ad particle the alternative spelling of?
Ad particle is the alternative spelling of adparticle.

Words near ad particle in the dictionary

  1. ad modum Donders
  2. ad nauseam
  3. ad nauseum
  4. ad orientem
  5. ad out
  6. ad particle
  7. ad particles
  8. ad personam
  9. ad quod damnum
  10. ad referendum
  11. ad rem

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