decomposition reaction

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  • combustion
    In chemical reaction: Decomposition reactions

    Decomposition reactions are processes in which chemical species break up into simpler parts. Usually, decomposition reactions require energy input. For example, a common method of producing oxygen gas in the laboratory is the decomposition of potassium chlorate (KClO3) by heat

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carbene formation

  • Nonbonding orbitals in triplet and singlet states
    In carbene: Formation.

    The photolytic decomposition of certain ketenes, substances the molecules of which contain two carbon atoms and an oxygen atom joined by double bonds,

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photosensitization

  • In photosensitization

    …excited ethylene molecules subsequently undergo decomposition. Another mode of photosensitization observed in many reactions involves direct participation of the sensitizer in the reaction itself.

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