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stopping power

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stopping power [′stäp·iŋ ‚pau̇·ər]
(nucleonics)
The energy lost by a charged particle passing through a substance per unit length of path; related concepts are mass, atomic, molecular, and relative stopping power. Also known as linear energy transfer (LET); linear stopping power.


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The ad produced the significant stopping power we were looking for, and sales continue to endorse the product and our marketing team.
g]] is the ratio of the mean electron-fluence-weighted electron mass stopping power of the medium to that of the gas.
40-caliber Glocks are popular with police officers because they have the stopping power of the larger .
 
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