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  2. Nitrogen dioxide - Wikipedia

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    The lone electron in NO 2 also means that this compound is a free radical, so the formula for nitrogen dioxide is often written as • NO 2. The reddish-brown color is a consequence of preferential absorption of light in the blue region of the spectrum (400–500 nm), although the absorption extends throughout the visible (at shorter ...

  3. Inductive effect - Wikipedia

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    The effect of the sigma electron displacement towards the more electronegative atom by which one end becomes positively charged and the other end negatively charged is known as the inductive effect. The - I effect is a permanent effect & generally represented by an arrow on the bond.

  4. Wigner effect - Wikipedia

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    Notably, the large energy release observed at 200–250 °C has been described in terms of a metastable interstitial-vacancy pair. [7] The interstitial atom becomes trapped on the lip of the vacancy, and there is a barrier for it to recombine to give perfect graphite.

  5. Crystal field theory - Wikipedia

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    In octahedral symmetry the d-orbitals split into two sets with an energy difference, Δ oct (the crystal-field splitting parameter, also commonly denoted by 10Dq for ten times the "differential of quanta" [3] [4]) where the d xy, d xz and d yz orbitals will be lower in energy than the d z 2 and d x 2-y 2, which will have higher energy, because ...

  6. Baker–Nathan effect - Wikipedia

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    This effect was described in 1935 by John W. Baker and W. S. Nathan. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] They examined the chemical kinetics for the reaction of pyridine with benzyl bromide to form a pyridinium salt, and a series of benzyl bromides having different alkyl groups as substituents at the para position.

  7. Two-photon absorption - Wikipedia

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    Schematic of energy levels involved in two photons absorption. In atomic physics, two-photon absorption (TPA or 2PA), also called two-photon excitation or non-linear absorption, is the simultaneous absorption of two photons of identical or different frequencies in order to excite an atom or a molecule from one state (usually the ground state), via a virtual energy level, to a higher energy ...

  8. Cheletropic reaction - Wikipedia

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    The reaction was first order in 1,2-dimethylidenecyclohexane but second order in sulfur dioxide (see below). This confirmed a prediction based on high-level ab initio quantum calculations. Using computational methods, the authors proposed a transition structure for the cheletropic reaction of 1,2-dimethylidenecyclohexane with sulfur dioxide ...

  9. Second law of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The second law of thermodynamics is a physical law based on universal empirical observation concerning heat and energy interconversions.A simple statement of the law is that heat always flows spontaneously from hotter to colder regions of matter (or 'downhill' in terms of the temperature gradient).