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Lord Rayleigh

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Noun1.Lord Rayleigh - English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argonLord Rayleigh - English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)


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In 1882, British physicist Lord Rayleigh proposed that under certain conditions, droplets of liquid could spout microscopic jets of fluid.
The light scattering detector (LSD) has advanced far from its origins in the late 1800,3 when Lord Rayleigh first described light scattering.
THEORY Thread Breakup by Rayleigh Distortions The interfacial tension driven breakup of polymer fibers in a matrix of other polymers has been studied by many authors (29) following the classical work of Lord Rayleigh (22) and Tomotika (30).
 
 
 
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