charged particle
Americannoun
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When a charged particle passes through a scintillator, the material gives off tiny flashes of visible light.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
This makes it especially valuable for studying insulators or magnetic materials that can interfere with charged particle beams.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 28, 2026
Trying to measure gravity’s pull on a charged particle is a lost cause because it’s effectively impossible to nullify ambient electric fields that would skew the results.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023
As a charged particle streaks through the argon, it will ionize some of the atoms, freeing their electrons.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 28, 2022
When a charged particle bounces from one magnetic pole to the other, it must cross the equatorial plane of Saturn.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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