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dissociative recombination comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
recombination	atomic process	The capture of an electron by a positive ion.
dissociative recombination	recombination	Capture of an electron by a positive molecular ion, wherein part of the recombination energy dissociates the molecule into two neutral atoms.

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