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Record 1 1989-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Air Pollution
  • Chemistry
OBS

Compare to unpaired electrons (GRAPHY, 1975, p. 178).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Chimie
DEF

Électron, dans une paire d'électrons identiques, qui diffère seulement par son état de spin, dirigé en sens inverse.

DEF

Électrons appariés, se dit de deux électrons ne différant que par leur état de spin mais dont le spin total est nul. (Leurs spins individuels sont alors antiparallèles; ces paires d'électrons jouent un rôle important dans la constitution des atomes et des molécules.)

Spanish

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