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  2. Alpha effect - Wikipedia

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    The representative examples would be high nucleophilicities of hydroperoxide (HO 2 −) and hydrazine (N 2 H 4). [3] The effect is now well established with numerous examples and became an important concept in mechanistic chemistry and biochemistry. [4] However, the origin of the effect is still controversial without a clear winner.

  3. Alpha particle - Wikipedia

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    Secondly, he found the charge-to-mass ratio of alpha particles to be half that of the hydrogen ion. Rutherford proposed three explanations: 1) an alpha particle is a hydrogen molecule (H 2) with a charge of 1 e; 2) an alpha particle is an atom of helium with a charge of 2 e; 3) an alpha particle is half a helium atom with a charge of 1 e.

  4. Hydrogen-alpha - Wikipedia

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    Hydrogen-alpha, typically shortened to H-alpha or Hα, is a deep-red visible spectral line of the hydrogen atom with a wavelength of 656.28 nm in air and 656.46 nm in vacuum. It is the first spectral line in the Balmer series and is emitted when an electron falls from a hydrogen atom's third- to second-lowest energy level.

  5. Nuclear transmutation - Wikipedia

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    An example is the natural decay of potassium-40 to argon-40, which forms most of the argon in the air. Also on Earth, natural transmutations from the different mechanisms of natural nuclear reactions occur, due to cosmic ray bombardment of elements (for example, to form carbon-14 ), and also occasionally from natural neutron bombardment (for ...

  6. Hydrogen - Wikipedia

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    Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1. It is the lightest element and, at standard conditions, is a gas of diatomic molecules with the formula H 2, sometimes called dihydrogen, [11] hydrogen gas, molecular hydrogen, or simply hydrogen. It is colorless, odorless, [12] non-toxic, and highly combustible.

  7. Alpha decay - Wikipedia

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    As an extreme example, the half-life of the isotope bismuth-209 is 2.01 × 10 19 years. The isotopes in beta-decay stable isobars that are also stable with regards to double beta decay with mass number A = 5, A = 8, 143 ≤ A ≤ 155, 160 ≤ A ≤ 162, and A ≥ 165 are theorized to undergo alpha decay.

  8. Aldol condensation - Wikipedia

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    A crossed aldol condensation is a result of two dissimilar carbonyl compounds containing α-hydrogen(s) undergoing aldol condensation. Ordinarily, this leads to four possible products as either carbonyl compound can act as the nucleophile and self-condensation is possible, which makes a synthetically useless mixture.

  9. Alpha elimination - Wikipedia

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    In organic chemistry, alpha-elimination refers to reactions of this type: [1] R 2 CHX → R 2 C: + HX. The reaction is employed to generate carbenes and nitrenes. The formation of dichlorocarbene from chloroform is an example. Alpha eliminations contrasts with beta eliminations, which are commonly used to generate alkenes: R 2 CHCXR' 2 → R 2 ...