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  2. Crookes radiometer - Wikipedia

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    A Crookes radiometer in action. The radiometer is made from a glass bulb from which much of the air has been removed to form a partial vacuum.Inside the bulb, on a low-friction spindle, is a rotor with several (usually four) vertical lightweight vanes spaced equally around the axis.

  3. Z-pinch - Wikipedia

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    The energy released by the Z-pinch effect would accelerate lithium propellant to a high speed, resulting in a specific impulse value of 19400 s and thrust of 38 kN. A magnetic nozzle would be required to convert the released energy into a useful impulse. This propulsion method could potentially reduce interplanetary travel times.

  4. Magnus effect - Wikipedia

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    The Magnus effect is a phenomenon that occurs when a spinning object is moving through a fluid. A lift force acts on the spinning object and its path may be deflected in a manner not present when it is not spinning. The strength and direction of the Magnus effect is dependent on the speed and direction of the rotation of the object. [1]

  5. Stern–Gerlach experiment - Wikipedia

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    If one measures the spin along a vertical axis, electrons are described as "spin up" or "spin down", based on the magnetic moment pointing up or down, respectively. To mathematically describe the experiment with spin + particles, it is easiest to use Dirac's bra–ket notation. As the particles pass through the Stern–Gerlach device, they are ...

  6. Laboratory centrifuge - Wikipedia

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    A laboratory centrifuge is a piece of laboratory equipment, driven by a motor, which spins liquid samples at high speed. There are various types of centrifuges, depending on the size and the sample capacity.

  7. NASA spin-off technologies - Wikipedia

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    NASA spin-off technologies are commercial products and services which have been developed with the help of NASA, through research and development contracts, such as Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or STTR awards, licensing of NASA patents, use of NASA facilities, technical assistance from NASA personnel, or data from NASA research.

  8. Nitrogen-vacancy center - Wikipedia

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    Simplified atomic structure of the NV center. The nitrogen-vacancy center (N-V center or NV center) is one of numerous photoluminescent point defects in diamond.Its most explored and useful properties include its spin-dependent photoluminescence (which enables measurement of the electronic spin state using optically detected magnetic resonance), and its relatively long (millisecond) spin ...

  9. Spin Hall effect - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] They also introduced for the first time the notion of spin current. In 1983 Averkiev and Dyakonov [3] proposed a way to measure the inverse spin Hall effect under optical spin orientation in semiconductors. The first experimental demonstration of the inverse spin Hall effect, based on this idea, was performed by Bakun et al. in 1984 [4]