Working mass Working mass Working mass, also referred to as reaction mass, is a mass against which a system operates in order to produce acceleration. In the case of a rocket, for example, the reaction mass is the fuel shot backwards to provide propulsion. All acceleration requires an exchange of momentum, which can be thought of as the "unit of movement". Momentum is related to mass and velocity, as given by the formula "P = mv," where "P" is the momentum, "m" the mass, and "v" the velocity. The velocity of a body is easily changeable, but in most cases the mass
Law of mass action formula. The law of mass action also has implications in semiconductor physics. Regardless of doping, the product of electron and hole densities is a constant at equilibrium. This constant depends on the thermal energy of the system (i.e. the product of the Boltzmann constant, formula_20, and temperature, formula_21), as well as the band gap (the energy separation between conduction and valence bands, formula_22) and effective density of states in the valence formula_23 and conduction formula_24 bands. When the equilibrium electron formula_25 and hole formula_26 densities are equal, their density is called the "intrinsic" carrier density formula_27 as this would be