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WHEN a nucleus passes from an excited state into a state of lower energy, two different processes may occur: either a γ-quantum is emitted or one of the extra-nuclear electrons thrown out of the atom (with an energy equal to that of the γ-quantum minus the ionisation energy of the electronic level); in this case we speak of internal conversion of nuclear energy.
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CASIMIR, H. Internal Conversion of Nuclear Energy. Nature 126, 953–954 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126953c0
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