Index
A
Absorbance, 229
Absorption coefficient, 135, 229, 239, 243, 265
Absorption spectroscopy, 228
Absorptivity, 134, 165, 221, 228, 229, 268, 289
Acoustical holography, 170
Acoustical impedance characteristic, 130
Acoustical impedance specific, 130
Acoustical resolution, 168
Acoustical tweezers, 149
Action potential, 584
Activation energy, 408, 510
Activities, reaction, 404
Activity, absolute, 466
Activity coefficients, 404
Adhesion, 50
Adiabatic process, 62, 330, 365
Adsorption, 23, 440, 479
Allometric, 339, 571
Alvarez (Luis) quote, 279
Angular magnification, 264
Anharmonicity, 448
Antinodes, 118
Apoptosis, 315, 317
Archimedes principle, 84
Artificial neuron, 585
Asimov robot, 615
Astigmatism, 257
Astrobiology, 616
Atomic orbital, 515, 518, 528
ATP pump, 406
Attenuation coefficient, 135, 296
Audio spectrogram, 161
Auger effect, 301
Aural illusion, 157
Auscultation, 137, 151
Automaton, 583
B
Bar (pressure), 52
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), 338
Basilar membrane, 590
Beat frequency, 161
Becquerel, 284
Becquerel, Henri, 279
Bernoulli’s principle, 107
Bethe drag, 193
Bethe formula, 312
Beyer parameters, 114
Bhabha scattering, 312
Biological lifetime, 309
Bioluminescence, 238
Black-body radiation, 226, 653
Black light, 288
Blood plasma, 43
Bohr model, 292
Bohr, Niels, 517
Bohr (Niels) quote, 513
Bohr radius, 525
Bolometer, 228, 238
Boltzmann, Ludwig, 422, 429
Boltzmann’s constant, 45, 329, 546
Boltzmann’s entropy, 353, 391, 431, 498, 546
Boltzmann distribution, 45, 380, 383, 412, 415,
424, 428, 454, 472, 497, 531
Boltzmann’s factor, 89, 364
Bond, delta, 528
Bond, pi, 528
Bond, polar, 13
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A
Absorbance, 229
Absorption coefficient, 135, 229, 239, 243, 265
Absorption spectroscopy, 228
Absorptivity, 134, 165, 221, 228, 229, 268, 289
Acoustical holography, 170
Acoustical impedance characteristic, 130
Acoustical impedance specific, 130
Acoustical resolution, 168
Acoustical tweezers, 149
Action potential, 584
Activation energy, 408, 510
Activities, reaction, 404
Activity, absolute, 466
Activity coefficients, 404
Adhesion, 50
Adiabatic process, 62, 330, 365
Adsorption, 23, 440, 479
Allometric, 339, 571
Alvarez (Luis) quote, 279
Angular magnification, 264
Anharmonicity, 448
Antinodes, 118
Apoptosis, 315, 317
Archimedes principle, 84
Artificial neuron, 585
Asimov robot, 615
Astigmatism, 257
Astrobiology, 616
Atomic orbital, 515, 518, 528
ATP pump, 406
Attenuation coefficient, 135, 296
Audio spectrogram, 161
Auger effect, 301
Aural illusion, 157
Auscultation, 137, 151
Automaton, 583
B
Bar (pressure), 52
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), 338
Basilar membrane, 590
Beat frequency, 161
Becquerel, 284
Becquerel, Henri, 279
Bernoulli’s principle, 107
Bethe drag, 193
Bethe formula, 312
Beyer parameters, 114
Bhabha scattering, 312
Biological lifetime, 309
Bioluminescence, 238
Black-body radiation, 226, 653
Black light, 288
Blood plasma, 43
Bohr model, 292
Bohr, Niels, 517
Bohr (Niels) quote, 513
Bohr radius, 525
Bolometer, 228, 238
Boltzmann, Ludwig, 422, 429
Boltzmann’s constant, 45, 329, 546
Boltzmann’s entropy, 353, 391, 431, 498, 546
Boltzmann distribution, 45, 380, 383, 412, 415,
424, 428, 454, 472, 497, 531
Boltzmann’s factor, 89, 364
Bond, delta, 528
Bond, pi, 528
Bond, polar, 13
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. C. Parke, Biophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44146-3
687