Chemistry GCSE
Size-dependent properties
What Size-dependent properties means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Size-dependent properties
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The ratio explains why smaller particles have a greater proportion of their atoms at the surface, so properties change with particle size.
Topics that use Size-dependent properties
- Sizes of particles and their properties (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Applications of nanoparticles
- Bulk properties
- Efficiency of materials
- Nanoparticles
- Surface area to volume ratio
- Atoms and molecules
- Coarse particles
- Inverse proportionality
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