Magnetic Isotope Effect

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Magnetic Isotope Effects arise when a chemical reaction involves spin-selective processes, such as the Radical Pair Mechanism. The result is that some isotopes react preferentially, depending on their nuclear spin quantum number I. This is in contrast to Mass Isotope Effects, which depend only on the nuclear mass.[1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Magnetic Field and Magnetic Isotope Effects in Organic Photochemical Reactions
  2. ^ Magnetic Field Effects in Chemical Kinetics and Related Phenomena
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