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Apparatus for measuring molecular speeds.

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velocity selector matter time antimatter dark matter physical constant mole delta ray quantum cathode ray chemical bonding chemical element

Key People

Stern, Otto

Otto Stern

American physicist

Herschbach, Dudley R.

Dudley R. Herschbach

American chemist and educator

Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

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