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← ScienceWhich outcome occurs when an excited Helium atom transitions via spin-forbidden decay?
A)Increased collisional energy relaxation efficiency
B)Photon emission with decreased intensity✓
C)Occupation of higher energy orbitals
D)Auger electron emission probability increases
💡 Explanation
Photon emission with lower probability occurs because intersystem crossing changes the spin state resulting in a transition governed by weak spin-orbit coupling. Therefore emission intensity decreases rather than energy relaxing collisionally due to modified selection rules.
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