Examples of 'metastable' in a sentence

Meaning of "metastable"

metastable (adjective): Referring to a state of physical or chemical matter that is stable for a time but may eventually change to a more stable state. Metastable substances have potential for transformation under certain conditions
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  • Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.
  • A particle, etc. in the metastable state.

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Francium has seven metastable nuclear isomers.
The four other allotropes of selenium are metastable.
He also discovered a new metastable phase of silicon.
At room temperature these solid solutions are metastable.
This compound was found to be metastable at ambient conditions.
This is metastable at atmospheric pressure but is a powerful explosive.
Rapid cooling enables metastable phases to form.
Metastable phases are common in condensed matter.
If i could solve this whole metastable compound.
It is metastable with respect to the hexaboride.
The supercooled material will be in a metastable form.
It may be made metastable by concentrating the reaction mixture.
These amorphous materials exist in a metastable state.
Aragonite is metastable and is thus commonly replaced by calcite in fossils.
Irreversible transition from a metastable phase to a stable phase.

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These metastable allotropes have a trival intrinsic metallic behavior.
Chromium also has two metastable nuclear isomers.
The metastable zone is limited by two curves of different natures.
We discuss the applications of metastable metallic hydrogen to rocketry.
Some atomic energy levels are metastable.
Emulsions are metastable supramolecular structures.
Many other polyoxometalate anions exist as metastable species.
Some results for a metastable commensurate phase are also given.
The superscript m indicates a metastable isotope.
Metastable structures are of more practical significance than equilibrium ones.
Rydberg atoms are an example of metastable excited atomic states.
It is metastable and converted from the alpha phase at high temperatures.
At least four isotopes have metastable excited states.
Martensite is a metastable phase used to control the hardness of most steel.
Small enough disturbances in metastable free flow decay.
The metastable zone.
Exciting a beam of noble gas to the metastable state.
On a longer time scale a metastable state is stabilized by the lattice structure.
The properties of a number of alloys are determined by metastable phenomena.
This is because they are in a metastable amorphous state when supplied.
The phases in square brackets are of the metastable type.
They are stable quartz and metastable opal with higher solubility.
Quenching the heated material to stabilize this metastable phase.
The gamma radiation triggers a metastable decay in the flubber itself.
This condition is caused by a metastable.
Metastable disordered zone.
The first one is a bright metastable helium beam.
Metastable hydrogen rocket.
At supersaturation crystals can grow from metastable solutions.
They discovered that this metastable polymorph is ferroelectric at room temperature.
That the mineral is metastable.
The elements having metastable energy levels can be samarium or europium.
This makes it possible to specifically isolate metastable states in circuits.
Metastable syrups have been studied from an academic perspective in small amounts.
It is very high energy and is metastable when pressure is released.

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