Hume-Rothery rules

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Hume-Rothery rules

Summary

Hume-Rothery rules is a principle[1]. It draws 69 Wikipedia views per month (principle category, ranking #66 of 126).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hume-Rothery rules's instance of is recorded as principle[3].
  • William Hume-Rothery is named after Hume-Rothery rules[4].
  • Hume-Rothery rules's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03d33zb[5].
  • Hume-Rothery rules's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0033217[6].
  • Hume-Rothery rules's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Hume-Rothery-rule[7].
  • Hume-Rothery rules's defining formula is recorded as \% \mbox{ difference} = \left ( \frac{r_{solute} - r_{solvent}}{r_{solvent}} \right ) \times 100\% \le 15\%[8].
  • Hume-Rothery rules's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Physics[9].
  • Hume-Rothery rules's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 63676945[10].
  • Hume-Rothery rules's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as regles-de-hume-rothery[11].

Why It Matters

Hume-Rothery rules draws 69 Wikipedia views per month (principle category, ranking #66 of 126).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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