Coulomb explosion
English
Noun
Coulomb explosion (plural Coulomb explosions)
- (physics) the effect of a molecule moving at high speed striking a solid; binding electrons being torn off, and the resulting charged constituents separating due to Coulomb repulsion
Synonyms
- tunnel ionization
See also
- Coulomb's constant
- Coulomb's law
- Coulomb attraction
- Coulomb barrier
- Coulomb blockade
- Coulomb collision
- Coulomb force
- Coulomb gauge
- Coulomb repulsion
- coulometer
- coulometric
- coulometry