Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geiger-nuttall law

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: geiger-nut-tal-l law
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A rule relating the decay constant of a radioactive isotope with the energy of the alpha particles emitted. Roughly speaking, it states that short-lived isotopes emit more energetic alpha particles than long-lived ones.

Etymology

Formulated in 1911 by Hans Geiger and John Mitchell Nuttall.

Inflected Forms

the Geiger-Nuttall law (canonical)

Synonyms

Geiger-Nuttall rule

Questions

What does geiger-nuttall law mean?: A rule relating the decay constant of a radioactive isotope with the energy of the alpha particles emitted. Roughly speaking, it states that short-lived isotopes emit more energetic alpha particles than long-lived ones.
Where does geiger-nuttall law come from?: Formulated in 1911 by Hans Geiger and John Mitchell Nuttall.

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