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Sieverts' law

Sieverts' law proper noun: a rule to predict the solubility of gases in metals, stating that the solubility of a diatomic gas in metal is proportional to the square root of the partial pressure of the gas in thermodynamic equilibrium.

Proper noun

Sievert's law

  1. A rule to predict the solubility of gases in metals, stating that the solubility of a diatomic gas in metal is proportional to the square root of the partial pressure of the gas in thermodynamic equilibrium.

Origin of Sieverts' law

Named after Adolf Sieverts (1874–1947), German chemist.

Questions about Sieverts' law

What does Sieverts' law mean?
Sieverts' law means a rule to predict the solubility of gases in metals, stating that the solubility of a diatomic gas in metal is proportional to the square root of the partial pressure of the gas in thermodynamic equilibrium.
What part of speech is Sieverts' law?
Sieverts' law is a proper noun.

Words near Sieverts' law in the dictionary

  1. Sievers' law
  2. Sievers's law
  3. Sieversian
  4. sievert
  5. sieverts
  6. Sieverts' law
  7. sieves
  8. sievesful
  9. sieveyer
  10. sieveyers
  11. Sievierodonetsk

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