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  2. Internal conversion (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    A classic example of this process is the quinine sulfate fluorescence, which can be quenched by the use of various halide salts. [citation needed] The excited molecule can de-excite by increasing the thermal energy of the surrounding solvated ions. Several natural molecules perform a fast internal conversion.

  3. Isomerization - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, isomerization or isomerisation is the process in which a molecule, polyatomic ion or molecular fragment is transformed into an isomer with a different chemical structure. [1] Enolization is an example of isomerization, as is tautomerization .

  4. Chemical reaction - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear chemistry is a sub-discipline of chemistry that involves the chemical reactions of unstable and radioactive elements where both electronic and nuclear changes can occur. The substance (or substances) initially involved in a chemical reaction are called reactants or reagents.

  5. Phase transition - Wikipedia

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    Phase transitions commonly refer to when a substance transforms between one of the four states of matter to another. At the phase transition point for a substance, for instance the boiling point, the two phases involved - liquid and vapor, have identical free energies and therefore are equally likely to exist.

  6. Chemical thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The primary objective of chemical thermodynamics is the establishment of a criterion for determination of the feasibility or spontaneity of a given transformation. [3] In this manner, chemical thermodynamics is typically used to predict the energy exchanges that occur in the following processes: Chemical reactions; Phase changes; The formation ...

  7. Crystal polymorphism - Wikipedia

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    Phase transitions (phase changes) that help describe polymorphism include polymorphic transitions as well as melting and vaporization transitions. According to IUPAC, a polymorphic transition is "A reversible transition of a solid crystalline phase at a certain temperature and pressure (the inversion point) to another phase of the same chemical composition with a different crystal structure."

  8. Chemical energy - Wikipedia

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    Chemical energy is the energy of chemical substances that is released when the substances undergo a chemical reaction and transform into other substances. Some examples of storage media of chemical energy include batteries, [1] food, and gasoline (as well as oxygen gas, which is of high chemical energy due to its relatively weak double bond [2] and indispensable for chemical-energy release in ...

  9. Asymmetric induction - Wikipedia

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    The Cram's rule of asymmetric induction named after Donald J. Cram states In certain non-catalytic reactions that diastereomer will predominate, which could be formed by the approach of the entering group from the least hindered side when the rotational conformation of the C-C bond is such that the double bond is flanked by the two least bulky groups attached to the adjacent asymmetric center. [3]