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  2. Molecular vibration - Wikipedia

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    A molecular vibration is a periodic motion of the atoms of a molecule relative to each other, such that the center of mass of the molecule remains unchanged. The typical vibrational frequencies range from less than 10 13 Hz to approximately 10 14 Hz, corresponding to wavenumbers of approximately 300 to 3000 cm −1 and wavelengths of approximately 30 to 3 μm.

  3. Pyramidal inversion - Wikipedia

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    Pyramidal inversion in nitrogen and amines is known as nitrogen inversion. [8] It is a rapid oscillation of the nitrogen atom and substituents, the nitrogen "moving" through the plane formed by the substituents (although the substituents also move - in the other direction); [ 9 ] the molecule passing through a planar transition state . [ 10 ]

  4. Asphyxiant gas - Wikipedia

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    The specific guidelines for prevention of asphyxiation due to displacement of oxygen by asphyxiant gases is covered under CGA's pamphlet SB-2, Oxygen-Deficient Atmospheres. [15] Specific guidelines for use of gases other than air in back-up respirators is covered in pamphlet SB-28, Safety of Instrument Air Systems Backed Up by Gases Other Than Air.

  5. Atomic diffusion - Wikipedia

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    Other air molecules (e.g. oxygen, nitrogen) have lower mobilities and thus diffuse more slowly through the balloon wall. There is a concentration gradient in the balloon wall, because the balloon was initially filled with helium, and thus there is plenty of helium on the inside, but there is relatively little helium on the outside (helium is ...

  6. Nuclear transmutation - Wikipedia

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    Transmutation of nitrogen into oxygen Rutherford and Soddy were observing natural transmutation as a part of radioactive decay of the alpha decay type. The first artificial transmutation was accomplished in 1925 by Patrick Blackett , a research fellow working under Rutherford, with the transmutation of nitrogen into oxygen , using alpha ...

  7. Atomic form factor - Wikipedia

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    X-ray atomic form factors of oxygen (blue), chlorine (green), Cl − (magenta), and K + (red); smaller charge distributions have a wider form factor.. In physics, the atomic form factor, or atomic scattering factor, is a measure of the scattering amplitude of a wave by an isolated atom.

  8. Mean free path - Wikipedia

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    In physics, mean free path is the average distance over which a moving particle (such as an atom, a molecule, or a photon) travels before substantially changing its direction or energy (or, in a specific context, other properties), typically as a result of one or more successive collisions with other particles.

  9. Parity (physics) - Wikipedia

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    For example, the ground state of the nitrogen atom has the electron configuration 1s 2 2s 2 2p 3, and is identified by the term symbol 4 S o, where the superscript o denotes odd parity. However the third excited term at about 83,300 cm −1 above the ground state has electron configuration 1s 2 2s 2 2p 2 3s has even parity since there are only ...