Mössbauer effect
Mössbauer effect
Definition
Möss·bauer effect (môs′bo̵u′ər)
noun
the phenomenon in which gamma rays from the nuclei of certain radioactive isotopes do not lose energy from the recoil of those nuclei if the nuclei are bound in the lattice of a crystal
Etymology: after Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer
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