Talk:Bethe formula

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"The Bethe formula is sometimes called "Bethe-Bloch formula", but this is misleading (see below)." I have impression that Wikipedia attempts to improve the reality here, instead of reporting the facts. Even if the argumentation for using "Bloch" instead of "Bethe-Bloch" name is convincing, I find the sentence quoted above not true. Definitely most of the time I can hear or read "Bethe-Bloch formula" rather than "Bethe formula".

It's great that Wikipedia points that the name isn't correct, but if you want to promote better name, you should clearly mark it as a promotion! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.0.84.104 (talk) 08:21, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Also, does the low-velocity limit really need a reference? It's pretty trivial to see from the original equation. Charles Baynham (talk) 13:40, 17 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies if this is wrong, in section 'The Formula' shouldn't the denominator in the formula given for the electron density of a substance include the substance's molar mass? David Brightly 86.4.250.43 (talk) 00:07, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]