| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,899,184,357 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Egerton's effusion method |
0.01 sec. |
|
|
Egerton's effusion method [¦ej·ər·tənz ə′fyü·zhən ‚meth·əd]
(thermodynamics) A method of determining vapor pressures of solids at high temperatures, in which one measures the mass lost by effusion from a sample placed in a tightly sealed silica pot with a small hole; the pot rests at the bottom of a tube that is evacuated for several hours, and is maintained at a high temperature by a heated block of metal surrounding it. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|