Estimating Avogadro's number from skylight and airlight

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 183-187

  Pesic, Peter ^a  

^a ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ATOMIC THEORY; AVOGADRO NUMBER;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 12844275992     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/26/1/018     Document Type: Article

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