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SMITHSONIAN PHYSICAL TABLES 



Electricity — continued 

 quantity, 16, 20 

 specific heat, 379 

 thunderstorm, 614 



characteristics, 614 

 unit quantity, 10 

 Electrochemical equivalents, 397 

 iodine, 48 



normal solutions, 397 

 silver, 48 

 Electrode potential, 637 

 Electromagnetic properties, 451 

 Electromagnetic systems, 10-13 

 Electromagnetic units, 10, 451 

 definitions, 10 



difference of potential between metals in 

 solutions of salts, 378 

 Electrolytes, 397 

 solutions, 397 

 vs. temperature, 397 

 Electron, 653, 664 

 affinity, elements, 636 

 angular momentum, 580 

 atomic weight, 49 

 binding energy, 649, 650 

 neutral atoms, 649 

 singly-ionized atoms, 650 

 charge, 47, 50, 51, 54 



specific, 47 

 configuration, 622 

 neutral atoms, 582 

 normal states, 622 

 singly ionized atoms, 584 

 emission, 635 

 carbon, 635 

 equation, 635 

 hot solids, 635 

 materials, various, 636 

 metals, 635, 636 



temperature, 635, 636 

 photoelectric effect, 636 

 potentials, 637 



contact (volta), 637 

 electrode, 637 

 solids, hot, 635 

 formula, 635 

 energy levels, 579 

 energy relations, 651 

 energy-velocity, 651 

 mass, 651 



mass-velocity relations, 651 

 negatron, 654 

 positron, 654 

 shell, 622, 653 

 terms: from equivalent electrons, 580, 581 



from nonequivalent electrons, 580 

 velocity relations, 651 

 volt, 49, 54, 654 

 weight, 50, 51, 54 

 work function, 635 

 Electronic charge, 47, 51, 54 



orbits, 624 

 Electrostatic capacity, 12 

 definitions, 11 

 generator, 657 

 units, 10 

 Electrostriction, 427 



Elementary particles, 651, 664 

 alpha particle, 664 

 deuteron, 664 

 electron, 664 

 negative, 664 

 positive, 664 

 meson (several types), 664 

 neutrino, 664 

 neutron, 664 

 photon, 664 

 proton, 664 

 Elements: 



atomic: heats, 160 

 numbers, 620 

 radii, 643 

 volume, 160 

 weights, 619 

 beyond uranium, 623, 651, 663 



production, 670 

 binding energy: neutral atoms, 649 



singly-ionized atoms, 650 

 boiling point, 117 



chemical: absorption wavelength, 701 

 abundance: atmosphere, 592, 625 

 early type stars, 628 

 earth, 625 



earth-meteorites, 626 

 gases, interstellar space, 629 

 matter, interstellar space, 629 

 meteorites, 626 

 nebulae, 629 

 rare gases, cosmos, 626 

 sun, 627, 628 

 sun's atmosphere, 626 

 universe, 625 

 composition, 618 

 compressibility, 285 

 configuration, 622 

 density, 291 

 diameters, 643 



electrochemical equivalents, 403 

 electron configuration, 622 

 neutral atoms, 582 

 normal states, 622 

 radius of orbits, 624 

 singly-ionized atoms, 584 

 electron emission, 635 

 emissivities, 98 

 energy levels, x-ray, 697 

 energy units, 618, 653 

 evaporation, 363 

 hardness, relative, 228 

 heat: capacities, 155, 15 7 

 evaporation, 165 

 fusion, 157 

 ionization potential: neutral atoms, 582 



singly-ionized atoms, 584 

 isotopes, 654, 655 

 abundance, 655 

 atomic mass, 658 

 radioactive, 655-663 

 K-wavelength series, 697 

 L-wavelength series, 698 

 latent heat of fusion, 157 

 latent heat of vaporization, 165 

 mass absorption, 704 

 mechanical properties, 189 



