charge density

American  

noun

Physics.

1. the measure of electrical charge per unit area of a surface or per unit volume of a body or medium.

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charge density British  

noun

1. the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface

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charge density Scientific  

1. The electric charge per unit area or per unit volume of a body or of a region of space.

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Example Sentences

"By enhancing the charge density at the surface of the nanopores that make up the membrane, we achieved a power density of 15 W/m2," says senior author Tomoji Kawai.

From Science Daily

"Excitons are very sensitive to the charge density in the material, and therefore we can change the refractive index of the material by applying a voltage," says Van de Groep.

From Science Daily

Important factors for success included the size of the molecular ions that make up the salts, its surface charge density, which is the charge per unit area of the ions, and the mobility of the ions in the liquids.

From Science Daily

The tunability comes from the ability to change the charge density in the material.

From Science Daily

It also shows the charge density of the two electrons in each molecule, averaged over many snapshots.

From Nature