coulombicadj.
/kuːˈləʊmɪk/ Of or pertaining to C. A. de Coulomb or the forces, laws, etc., discovered by him or named after him.
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1936 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 58 i. 1061 The energies of nuclear reactions can be calculated as the sum of changes in the energies of the nuclear bonds and the coulombic fields.
1940 S. Glasstone Text-bk. Physical Chem. xiii. 1077 14 per cent of the binding energy between pairs of atoms is Coulombic in nature.
1964 G. R. Choppin Nuclei & Radioactivity i. 11 Physicists speak of the repulsive force between the nucleus and the approaching positively charged particle as the nuclear coulombic barrier.
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