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Record 1 - external organization data 2001-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

... discrete amounts of energy which atoms and molecules can have with respect to their electron or nuclear structure.

OBS

A ... related principle due to Planck was that the emission and absorption of radiation are associated with transitions with these energy levels, the energy thereby lost or gained being equal to the energy, hv, of the quantum of radiation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

[...] valeur de l'énergie interne caractérisant l'état d'un atome.

OBS

D'après la théorie des quanta, il existe une série en nombre limité de tels niveaux définissant les divers états possibles de l'atome, et le passage de l'un à l'autre se traduit par l'émission ou l'absorption d'un ou de plusieurs quanta.

Spanish

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