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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. Second sound - Wikipedia

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    Second sound has been observed in solid 4 He and 3 He, [16] [17] and in some dielectric solids such as Bi in the temperature range of 1.2 to 4.0 K with a velocity of 780 ± 50 m/s, [18] or solid sodium fluoride (NaF) around 10 to 20 K. [19] In 2021 this effect was observed in a BKT superfluid [20] as well as in a germanium semiconductor [21] [22]

  5. Wave function collapse - Wikipedia

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    Collapse is one of the two processes by which quantum systems evolve in time; the other is the continuous evolution governed by the Schrödinger equation. [2] While standard quantum mechanics postulates wave function collapse to connect quantum to classical models, some extension theories propose physical processes that cause collapse.

  6. 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 ...

  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. Einstein's thought experiments - Wikipedia

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    The intensity of the beam is set so low that we can consider one electron at a time as impinging on the target. (b) The atom emits a spherically radiating electromagnetic wave. (c) This wave excites an atom in a secondary target, causing it to release an electron of energy comparable to that of the original electron.

  9. Ramsauer–Townsend effect - Wikipedia

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    No good explanation for the phenomenon existed until the introduction of quantum mechanics, which explains that the effect results from the wave-like properties of the electron. A simple model of the collision that makes use of wave theory can predict the existence of the Ramsauer–Townsend minimum.