Talk:Internal conversion
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Conversion electrons originates from internal conversion, right? If so, I suggest linking to it. -- Haakan 01:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Seriously, this is not a photoelectric effect! Go read Krane if you don't believe me and edit my page instead of reverting to an older version! -- Jpau 08:07, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
The internal conversion process is not actually the photoelectric ejection of an atomic electron, as the nucleus does not actually emit a gamma ray in the first place in this process. What happens is that the wavefunction of an inner shell electron penetrates the nucleus (ie there is a finite probability of the electron being found in the nucleus) and when this is the case the electron takes the energy of the nuclear transition without an intermediary gamma ray being produced. The energy of the emitted electron is equal to the transition energy minus the binding energy of the electron. Most internal conversion electrons come from the K shell as this electron has the highest probability of being found inside the nucleus.
It should be noted that in chemistry, "internal conversion" is defined as a transition between one set of atomic (or molecular) electronic excited levels to another set. It is sometimes called "radiationless de-excitation", because no photons are emitted.
A classic example of this process is the quinine sulphate fluorescence, which can be "quenched" by the use of various halide salts. What happens is that the excited molecule can de-excite by increasing the thermal energy of the surrounding solvated ions.
Thus, although internal conversion is well-known in nuclear science, it is known to be present in other branches of physical science. It might be best to write a disambiguation for this, ie. internal conversion (nuclear), and then internal conversion (atomic/molecular).
--142.58.75.134 07:38, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
- It is wikipedia policy to put the most common usage at the name without brackets and then use braces to delinate other uses for other pages. I have made a page and placed your information at the appropriate page. --metta, The Sunborn 17:01, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] How about giving an example
It would be useful to see an actual real example of internal conversion —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chcastan (talk • contribs) 17:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
