Energy Level Splitting - Examples

Examples

In atomic physics:

  • The Zeeman effect – the splitting of electronic levels in an atom because of an external magnetic field.
  • The Stark effect – splitting because of an external electric field.

In physical chemistry:

  • The Jahn–Teller effect – splitting of electronic levels in a molecule because breaking the symmetry lowers the energy when the degenerate orbitals are partially filled.
  • Resonance (chemistry) leads to creation of delocalized electron states.
  • Nitrogen inversion leads to level splitting in ammonia, which is used in an ammonia maser.

Read more about this topic:  Energy Level Splitting

Famous quotes containing the word examples:

    “No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist.”
    —André Breton (1896–1966)

    “Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people’s attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.”
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)