Davisson-Germer experiment

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dāvə sən gûrmər)


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Davis•son-Germer exper′iment  (dāvə sən gûrmər),USA pronunciation [Physics.]
  1. Physicsan experiment that verified the wave properties of matter by showing that a beam of electrons is diffracted by a crystal at an angle dependent upon the velocity of the electrons.
  • named after C. J. Davisson and Lester Halbert Germer (1896–1971), American physicists


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