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Nernst

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

noun

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


Nernst British  
/ nɛrnst /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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By further developing magnetic materials with even higher anomalous Nernst coefficients through microstructure control, the team aims to apply this technology to energy conversions in electronic devices and to thermal sensing technologies.

From Science Daily May 9, 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

Use the Nernst equation to explain the drop in voltage observed for some batteries as they discharge.

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 principal parts of a Nernst lamp consist of the filament, the heater, the automatic cut-out, and the resistance, and their arrangement in the smaller type of lamp is given in the diagram, Fig. 52a.

From Wireless Transmission of Photographs Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged 1919 by Martin, Marcus J.

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