Nernst

American

[nairnst, nurnst, nernst] / nɛərnst, nɜrnst, nɛrnst /

noun

Walther Herman 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.

Nernst British

/ nɛrnst /

noun

Walther Hermann (ˈvaltər ˈhɛrman). 1864–1941, German physical chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics: Nobel prize for chemistry 1920

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In the anomalous Nernst effect, a voltage is generated perpendicular to both the temperature gradient and an applied magnetic field in a ferromagnetic material.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2024

It was German physicist Walther Nernst who in 1910 suggested that Solvay fund a gathering where the world’s top physicists could discuss Solvay’s ideas.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2021

Ecell, as described in the Nernst equation, has a term that is directly proportional to temperature.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

The Em values are indicated and the solid red line represents the Nernst fitting. f, Steady-state activity of the ACIII–cyt aa3 preparations.

From Nature ● Apr. 24, 2018

The sheets, always five in number, were replaced by ever narrower white strips of paper mounted on dark cardboard and illumined by a Nernst lamp.

From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Oskar Pfungst

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