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gold foil Definition

gold foil

noun

gold beaten into thin sheets slightly thicker than gold leaf

Etymology: ME golde foyle

gold foil Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • bombard: Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden, researchers working with Rutherford in Manchester, bombarded gold foil with alpha particles.
  • use: The thermal neutron fluence rate can be measured at the customer?s premises using gold foils as the transfer standard.

Preposition: as

standard: The thermal neutron fluence rate can be measured at the customer?s premises using gold foils as the transfer standard.

Preposition: with

particle: Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden, researchers working with Rutherford in Manchester, bombarded gold foil with alpha particles.