Chemistry GCSE
Nanoparticles
What Nanoparticles means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Particles with at least one dimension in the range 1 to 100 nanometres, sitting between individual atoms or molecules and bulk material.
Much smaller particles than coarse particles, which coarse particles are distinguished from by size.
Topics that use Nanoparticles
- Sizes of particles and their properties (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Applications of nanoparticles
- Bulk properties
- Efficiency of materials
- Size-dependent properties
- Surface area to volume ratio
- Atoms and molecules
- Coarse particles
- Inverse proportionality
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