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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NERNST

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PRONUNCIATION OF NERNST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NERNST

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Nernst is a noun.
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WHAT DOES NERNST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Walther Nernst

Walther Hermann Nernst, ForMemRS was a German physical chemist and physicist who is known for his theories behind the calculation of chemical affinity as embodied in the third law of thermodynamics, for which he won the 1920 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Nernst helped establish the modern field of physical chemistry and contributed to electrochemistry, thermodynamics, solid state chemistry and photochemistry. He is also known for developing the Nernst equation.

Definition of Nernst in the English dictionary

The definition of Nernst in the dictionary is Walther Hermann. 1864–1941, German physical chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics: Nobel prize for chemistry 1920.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NERNST

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Nernst heat theorem
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WORDS THAT END LIKE NERNST

against
as against
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fornenst
go against
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unbeknownst
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نرنست
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Нернста
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Trends of use of Nernst

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The term «Nernst» is regularly used and occupies the 56.549 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NERNST»

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Walther Nernst and the Transition to Modern Physical Science
Primarily a scientific biography of Walther H. Nernst (1864–1941), one of Germany's most important, productive and often controversial scientists, this 1999 book addresses a set of specific scientific problems that evolved at the ...
Diana Kormos Barkan, 2011
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Walther Nernst: pioneer of physics and of chemistry
In 1920 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The book describes the life of this pioneer of science, his major stations being Graz, then Gottingen, and finally Berlin.
Hans-Georg Bartel, Rudolf Peter Huebener, 2007
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On the Luminous Efficiency of the Nernst Glower...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Kunerth, 2012
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Cathedrals of Science : The Personalities and Rivalries That ...
of 1933, Walther Nernst, then cochairman of the University of Berlin's department of physics, arrived at work and went looking for his colleague, Peter Pringsheim, only to be told that Pringsheim had been banned from the laboratory as a Jew.
Office for the History of Science and Technology University of California Patrick Coffey Visiting Scholar, Berkeley, 2008
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Steady-state Poisson-Nernst-Planck Systems: Asymptotic ...
Important properties of ion channels can be described by a steady state Poisson-Nernst-Plank system for electrodiffusion.
Nicole Abaid, 2008
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Analytical and Numerical Studies of One-dimensional ...
Ion channels are a group of transmembrane proteins that allow passage of ions from one side of the membrane to the other.
Feng He, 2008
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Great Physicists: The Life and Times of Leading Physicists ...
10. The. Last. Law. Walther. Nernst. According to a story current in Berlin in the early 1900s, God decided one day to create a superman. He worked first on the brain, fashioning a “most perfect and subtle mind.” But he had other business, and ...
William H. Cropper, 2001
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Mathematical Modeling of Biosensors: An Introduction for ...
An Introduction for Chemists and Mathematicians Romas Baronas, Feliksas Ivanauskas, IU IU Kulis, Juozas Kulys. time [2,164,165]. The thickness of the Nernst diffusion layer practically does not depend upon the enzyme membrane thickness.
Romas Baronas, Feliksas Ivanauskas, IU IU Kulis, 2009
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Molecular Biology of Membrane Transport Disorders
The analytical solution of the constant field, Nernst-Planck channel shows that i'K can be expressed as either the product of a conductance and an ionic emf or the product of a permeability and a concentration difference. An example illustrates ...
Stanley G. Schultz, 1996
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Nerve Cells and Nervous Systems: An Introduction to Neuroscience
Nernst. Equation. Given a cell containing a relatively large concentration of K' ions (cations) and large protein anions, surrounded by a membrane containing channels that are permeable only to K' ions (non-gated channels that are not ...
A.G. Brown, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NERNST»

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What is the Third Law of Thermodynamics?
In his book, "A Survey of Thermodynamics" (American Institute of Physics, 1994), Martin Bailyn quotes Nernst's statement of the Third Law as, ... «Live Science, May 15»
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Academic family: Fritz Haber
As with the other laureates I've researched on this blog, Haber is connected to a number of highly influential scientists, including Walther Nernst ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Apr 15»
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Poison Gas during World War I: BAYER Still Refuses to Take …
The commission was chaired by Fritz Haber (director of the Kaiser Wilhelm-Institut), Carl Duisberg of BAYER and the chemist Walter Nernst. «Center for Research on Globalization, Apr 15»
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JEE Advanced 2015: syllabus for Chemistry
Electrochemistry: Electrochemical cells and cell reactions; Standard electrode potentials; Nernst equation and its relation to ? «India Today, Feb 15»
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Le Blanc's electrode
When Le Blanc arrived in Leipzig in 1890, Ostwald had been trying to understand electrochemistry with Walther Nernst. Here Le Blanc also ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Jan 15»
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5 great scientists who never won a Nobel Prize
(Palmaer was close friends with Walther Nernst, a chemist that Lewis nursed a grudge against and frequently criticized). Dimitri Mendeleev «The Week Magazine, Dec 14»
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Concrete fears - chloride-induced corrosion in reinforced concrete
... Diffusion and the Nernst-Plank equation to discover the predicted time to start of corrosion in the concrete, and the time until cracking starts. «Materials World, Nov 14»
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pH Measurement: Six Technical Tips
Additionally, it should enable temperature compensation of the pH value, according to the Nernst equation. It should indicate drifting values in ... «SelectScience.net, Oct 14»
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Super Cool Night Photos of the F-22 Raptor stealth jets refueling mid …
Nernst. Why are we using F-22's for this job? Is Syrian air defense a threat to F-15 and F-16's? holoh. The United States is still the superpower. «The Aviationist, Sep 14»
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New generation of sintering furnaces from Ruhstrat and Eisenmann
At the end of the 19th century, co-operation with Noble prize winner Prof Walter Nernst from the University of Göttingen resulted in the ... «Powder Metallurgy Review | ipmd.net, Sep 14»

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