internal conversion
noun
1 Physics the conversion of energy from one form to another within a particular system; especially (in later use) a process in which the energy of a gamma-ray photon emitted by a decaying nucleus is given up to an orbital electron, causing the electron to be emitted from the atom.
2 Physical Chemical the radiationless transition of a molecule or atom from one state to another of lower energy but the same multiplicity.
Origin
Early 20th century.
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