Geiger-Nuttall law
noun
Geiger-Nut·tall law
variants or less commonly Geiger-Nuttall relation
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: a statement in nuclear physics: for an alpha-emitting radioactive substance the logarithm of the decay constant and the logarithm of the range in air of the emitted alpha rays are in linear relation to each other
Word History
Etymology
after H. Geiger and John M. Nuttall †1958 British physicist