Preferred Label : electrostriction;
IUPAC definition : Contraction of a dielectric in an electric-field gradient.;
Scope note : the thermodynamic description of electrostriction was given by drude and nernst in
1894 to explain the phenomenon of contraction of a continuum medium, such as an alkane,
around charges suddenly produced in that medium.; for example, the contraction taking place around the charged centres created as a
consequence of the sudden formation of separated positive and negative charges in
the process of electron transfer.;
Origin ID : ET07368;
See also
Contraction of a dielectric in an electric-field gradient.
