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    Peter Joseph William Debye ForMemRS (/dɪˈbaɪ/ dib-EYE; born Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije, Dutch: [ˈpeːtrʏz dəˈbɛiə]; March 24, 1884 – November 2, 1966)...
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  • named in honour of the physicist Peter J. W. Debye. It is defined as 10−18 statcoulomb-centimetres. Historically the debye was defined as the dipole moment...
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  • In plasmas and electrolytes, the Debye length λ D {\displaystyle \lambda _{\rm {D}}} (Debye radius or Debye–Hückel screening length), is a measure of a...
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    In thermodynamics and solid-state physics, the Debye model is a method developed by Peter Debye in 1912 to estimate phonon contribution to the specific...
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  • The Debye–Hückel theory was proposed by Peter Debye and Erich Hückel as a theoretical explanation for departures from ideality in solutions of electrolytes...
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  • of Peter Debye, who came across this function (with n = 3) in 1912 when he analytically computed the heat capacity of what is now called the Debye model...
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  • The Debye sheath (also electrostatic sheath) is a layer in a plasma which has a greater density of positive ions, and hence an overall excess positive...
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  • The Debye–Waller factor (DWF), named after Peter Debye and Ivar Waller, is used in condensed matter physics to describe the attenuation of x-ray scattering...
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    Dielectric (redirect from Debye relaxation)
    pp. 231–232, 348–349. Debye, P. (1913), Ver. Deut. Phys. Gesell. 15, 777; reprinted 1954 in collected papers of Peter J.W. Debye. Interscience, New York...
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  • where Peter Debye was teaching, and confronted Debye, telling him his theory was wrong. He impressed Debye so much that he was invited to become Debye's assistant...
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