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Stern-Zartman experiment

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Stern-Zartman experiment [′stərn ′zärt·mən ik‚sper·ə·mənt]
(statistical mechanics)
An experiment in which the distribution in speed of atoms or molecules in a beam emitted from an opening in an oven is measured by having the beam impinge on a rotating cylindrical drum, with a slit cut parallel to the drum axis, and measuring the density of atoms or molecules deposited on the inner surface of the drum, roughly opposite the slit, as a function of distance from a point directly opposite the slit; it is used to test the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law.


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