INDEX OF TERMS
N

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M]
[N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

Terms are listed in alphabetical order, with reference to the number of the subChapter(s) where they can be found. Clicking on a term loads the appropriate section pdf file. If a term is not a separate entry, the entry at which it can be found is given in parentheses.  Terms marked with an asterisk ( *) are not recommended.

n - p transition  11.2
n - s transition  11.2
Natural broadening  10.2.1.1.3
Nd-glass  10.3.1.6.2
Nd-YAG  10.3.1.6.2
Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure  10.3.4.8.2
Near scatter  10.3.2.1.7
Nebulization, efficiency of 10.3.4.3.3
Nebulizer  10.3.4.1.1;   10.3.4.2.2
 - chamber-type  10.3.4.2.2
 - concentric  10.3.4.2.2
 - controlled flow  10.3.4.2.2
 - gravity-fed  10.3.4.2.2
 - pneumatic  10.3.4.2.2
 - suction  10.3.4.2.2
 - twin  10.3.4.2.2
 - ultrasonic  10.3.4.2.2
 - with heated spray chamber  10.3.4.2.2
Needle valve  10.3.1.5;   12.4.4
Negative glow  10.3.1.5.1
 - ion  12.3.2
 - - chemical ionization  12.3.1
 - zones  10.3.1.5.1
Neodymium laser  11.2
Nephelometric titration  6.2
Nernstian response  8.3.2.1
Net electric charge (of a particle)  9.6
 - faradaic current  8.4
 - retention time  9.2.3.7
 - - volume  9.2.3.7
 - speed (vacuum pump) 12.4.4
Network  7.2
 - air sampling  19.3.1
 - architecture  7.2
 - local area  7.2
Neutral density filter  11.2
 - filters  10.3.2.1.4
Neutron density  16.2
 - diffraction  13.4;   17.7.6
Neutrons epicadmium  16.2
 - epithermal  16.2
 - fast  16.2
 - resonance  16.2
 - thermal  16.2
NEXAFS  10.3.8.4.2
Nier-Johnson geometry  12.2
Nikolsky-Eisenman equation  8.3.2.3
Nitrogen laser  11.2
NMR  17.7.6
 - spectroscopy  14.3
No carrier added  16.2
No load indication i0  4.2
Noble gas pump  12.4.4
 - gases  10.3.1.5
Noise  7.4;   9.2.4.3;   10.3.2.3.4
 - amplifier  12.4.3
Non-additive current  8.4
Non-coherent electromagnetic radiation  10.3.1
 - optical sources  10.3.1
Non-conducting powder  10.3.4.1.1
Non-crystalline electrode  8.3.2.2
Non-current-carrying plasma  10.3.1.2.1
Nondestructive readout  10.3.2.6
Non-diagram line  10.3.4.8.2
Non-discrete continuous radiation  10.3.1
Non-dispersive spectral apparatus  10.3.2.1.1 Nonlinear optical effect  11.2
 - optical techniques  10.3.2.7
Non-linearity error  10.3.5.2.10
Nonperiodic noise  10.3.2.3.4
Non-radiative decay  11.2
Nonradioisotopic immunoassay  19.2.3
Nonselective detector  10.3.2.3.3
 - quantum counter  10.3.2.3.3
Non-specific interference  10.3.4.3.4
Non-vertical energy transfer  11.2
Norm temperature  10.3.1.1.1
Normal conditions  19.3.1
 - eye  10.2.1
 - glow discharge  10.3.1.5.4
 - operating conditions  7.3
 - - state  7.3
 - -phase chromatography  9.2.1.6
 - photoelectron diffraction  17.2.1.6
 - pulse polarography  8.5.3
 - solution*  6.3
 - X-ray levels  10.3.4.8.2
 - -lines  10.3.4.8.2
Normality*  6.3
Normalized detectivity  10.3.2.3.4
Norrish type I photoreaction  11.2
 - type II photoreaction  11.2
NPD  17.2.1.6
n-type regions  10.3.2.5
Nuclear chemistry  16.2
 - decay  16.2
 - electric quadrupole coupling tensor  14.2.1
 - magnetic resonance (for solids)  17.7.6
 - - resonance spectroscopy  14.3
Nucleation  9.5
Nuclide  16.2
Nuisance threshold  19.3.1
Null-current potentiometric titration* (see Differential potentiometry  8.5.1)
 - potentiometry* (see Potentiometry  8.5.1)
Number concentration  9.7
 - concentration gradient  9.7
 - of grooves  10.3.2.1.3
 - of observations  2.3;   2.4
 - of theoretical plates (see Plate number  9.2.3.10)
Numerical value (of a quantity)  18.2.1