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- noun physics, chemistry an
exotic atom formed when a positively chargedmuon (an anti-muon) and anelectron are bound by theirmutual electrical attraction ; chemicallyequivalent to a light, short-livedisotope ofhydrogen
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Indeed, it was not until 2040 that the unexpected and accidental manufacture of stable muonium-hydrogen 'compounds' had opened up a new chapter of human history - exactly as the discovery of the neutron had initiated the Atomic Age.
2061 Odyssey Three Clarke, Arthur C. 1987
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The second part is devoted to more practical studies, ranging from the characterisation of exotic interstellar molecules, the accurate determination of spectroscopic constants, excited states structures and EPR parameters through photochemical and charge-transfer processes, cluster chemistry and fullerenes, muonium chemistry, to the possible prediction of the response of materials to electric fields in view of nonlinear optical applications.
AvaxHome Alexpal 2010
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