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ionization energy electron affinity photo-ionization secondary ionization impact ionization thermal ionization resonance ionization Franck–Condon principle resonant two-photon ionization Grotthuss–Draper law nuclear reaction subatomic particle radioactivity isotope atomism periodic table magnetic resonance carbanion carbonium ion atomic physics

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Norman Robert Campbell

British physicist and philosopher