neutral atom

collocation in English

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neutral
adjective
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/ˈnjuː.trəl/us
/ˈnuː.trəl/
not saying or doing anything that would encourage or help any of the groups involved in an argument ...
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atom
noun[C]
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/ˈæt.əm/us
/ˈæt̬.əm/
the smallest unit of any chemical element, consisting of a positive nucleus surrounded by negative electrons. Atoms can combine to form ...
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(Definition ofneutralandatomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Along its path from the hollow cathode region toward the anode, an electron may collide with aneutralatom/molecule to produce collisional ionization.
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The combined effect ofneutralatomdepletion and defocusing of the pump beam due to the intensity-dependent density of free electrons, significantly modifies the conversion characteristics and efficiency.
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In aneutralatom, the negatively-charged electrons balance out the positive charge of the protons.
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In this case one can examine the specular reflection of a slowneutralatomfrom a solid state surface.
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A minimum basis set is where only sufficient orbitals are used to contain all the electrons in theneutralatom.
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If a hole associates itself with aneutralatom, that atom loses an electron and becomes positive.
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However, since an electron is lost, an otherwiseneutralatombecomes ionized.
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A divalent cation is missing two electrons as compared with theneutralatom.
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In aneutralatom, the system will emit a photon of the difference in energy.
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An electricallyneutralatomcontains bound electrons equal in number to the protons in the nucleus.
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The process of gaining or losing electrons from aneutralatomor molecule is called "ionization".
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In chemical terms, if aneutralatomloses one or more electrons, it has a net positive charge and is known as a cation.
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This unit is defined as a twelfth of the mass of a freeneutralatomof carbon-12, which is approximately.
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Collisions with neutral atoms or molecules are neglected.
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To get the mass of theneutralatom, the mass of the missing electrons and their binding energies have to be added to the measured ionic mass.
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The plasma is assumed to be isothermal and to consist of electrons and singly charged positive ions in a background of neutral atoms.
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Therefore, for energies larger than the excitation potential, the kinetics of a dilute electron gas interacting with neutral atoms is always described by (1).
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It is defined as one twelfth of the mass of an unboundneutralatomof carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state, and has a value of.
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