List of things named after James Clerk Maxwell

This is a list of things named for James Clerk Maxwell.

Science

Maxwell–Wien bridge, see Maxwell bridge
Maxwell bridge
Maxwell coil
Maxwell displacement current
Maxwell's equations (electromagnetism)
- Maxwell–Proca equation
- Maxwell–Ampere law
The maxwell (Mx), a compound derived CGS unit measuring magnetic flux^[1]
Maxwell tensor, also Maxwell stress tensor

Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution (statistical thermodynamics), also known as Maxwellian curve, or Maxwellian for short.
- Maxwell–Jüttner distribution
Maxwell–Stefan diffusion
Maxwell's relations (thermodynamics)
Maxwell's thermodynamic surface
Maxwell's demon, a thought experiment in statistical physics
Maxwell equal area rule
Maxwell speed distribution
Maxwell distribution, see Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution

Maxwell material
Maxwell model of elasticity, see Maxwell material
- Upper convected Maxwell model
- Generalized Maxwell model

The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, the largest submillimetre-wavelength astronomical telescope in the world, with a diameter of 15 metres (49 ft)^[1]
The James Clerk Maxwell Building of the University of Edinburgh, housing the schools of mathematics, physics and meteorology^[3]
The James Clerk Maxwell building at the Waterloo campus of King's College London, in commemoration of his time as Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's from 1860 to 1865. The university also has a chair in Physics named after him, and a society for undergraduate physicists.^[4]
The James Clerk Maxwell Centre of the Edinburgh Academy^[5]
James Clerk Maxwell Prize in Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society^[6]
IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award^[7]
Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the Universities of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt
James Clerk Maxwell Foundation
Maxwell Year 2006, website celebrating the 175th anniversary of his birth
Nvidia Maxwell, a GPU architecture released in 2014.^[8]