Citations:bombardment

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English citations of bombardment

Noun: incidence of a stream of high-energy particles[edit]

1923
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  • 1923 — K. H. Kingdon and Irving Langmuir, "The Removal of Thorium from the Surface of a Thoriated Tungsten Filament by Positive Ion Bombardment", Physical Review vol. 22
    ...the amount of thorium sputtered off as a result of bombardment by positive ions.