Quantum Effects
Two aforementioned states of a nitrogen compound, namely ammonia, exhibit a quantum tunnelling because the barrier in narrow enough – this has nothing to do with thermal excitation. Superposition of two states leads to energy level splitting used in ammonia masers.
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