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  1. Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!fusion
  3. From: ames!ACAD.FANDM.EDU!J_FARRELL
  4. Subject: Re: Fusion Digest 698
  5. Message-ID: <01GTFEFRYXOY0007G8@ACAD.FANDM.EDU>
  6. Sender: scott@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Scott Hazen Mueller)
  7. Reply-To: ames!ACAD.FANDM.EDU!J_FARRELL
  8. Organization: Sci.physics.fusion/Mail Gateway
  9. Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:53:33 GMT
  10. Lines: 14
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  12. John Logajan logajan@ns.network.com asks:
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  14.  
  15. >In the general case, do atoms with valence electrons in non-ground states
  16. >cease to react chemically or do the chemical properties change radically?
  17.  
  18. Atoms with valence electrons in excited states are much more reactive than
  19. atoms in ground states. Furthermore, the reactions of excited-state atoms
  20. and molecules typically undergo reactions by  different pathways
  21. (mechanisms) than ground-state atoms and molecules.
  22.  
  23. John Farrell
  24. Franklin & Marshall College
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