Coulomb explosion

English

Noun

Coulomb explosion (plural Coulomb explosions)

1. (physics) The effect of a molecule moving at high speed striking a solid; binding electrons being torn off, and the resulting charged constituents separating due to Coulomb repulsion.

Synonyms

• tunnel ionization

See also

• Coulomb's constant
• Coulomb's law
• Coulomb attraction
• Coulomb barrier
• Coulomb blockade
• Coulomb collision
• Coulomb force
• Coulomb gauge
• Coulomb repulsion
• coulometer
• coulometric
• coulometry