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excitation potential

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excitation potential has definition Amount of energy required to bring an electron from its ground state to a given excited state (measured in electron volts). has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:13.0
is a kind of energy

energy has unit energy unit

number has value 2001-09-27 09:32:57.0

excitation potential	has definition Amount of energy required to bring an electron from its ground state to a given excited state (measured in electron volts).
excitation potential	is a kind of energy
energy	has unit energy unit
number	has value