Searches , social queries for METASTABILITY
Search references for METASTABILITY. Phrases containing METASTABILITY
See searches and references containing METASTABILITY!
Search references for METASTABILITY. Phrases containing METASTABILITY
See searches and references containing METASTABILITY!METASTABILITY
Intermediate energetic state within a dynamical system
pins show similar metastability by either merely wobbling for a moment or tipping over completely. A common example of metastability in science is isomerisation
Metastability
Ability of a digital electronic system to remain in unstable equilibrium forever
designed to allow the system to proceed only after the metastability has resolved, so the metastability is a normal condition, not an error condition. In synchronous
Metastability_(electronics)
Hypothetical vacuum, less stable than true vacuum
stability landscape division lines, rendering previous stability and metastability criteria incorrect. Reanalysis of 2016 LHC run data in 2022 has yielded
False_vacuum
Metastable excited state of a nuclide
A nuclear isomer is a metastable state of an atomic nucleus in which one or more nucleons (protons or neutrons) occupy excited state levels (higher energy
Nuclear_isomer
In the field of computational neuroscience, the theory of metastability refers to the human brain's ability to integrate several functional parts and
Metastability_in_the_brain
Philosophical paradox regarding free will
choice of equally good dates. A version of this situation appears as metastability in digital electronics, when an electric circuit must decide between
Buridan's_ass
Fictional form of water
weapons", as well as being based on the real scientific principle of metastability. Saying that: while in the real world liquid water at room temperature
Ice-nine
Fine-particled pyrotechnic composition
Nano-thermite or super-thermite is a metastable intermolecular composite (MIC) characterized by a particle size of its main constituents, a metal fuel
Nano-thermite
Iron-based alloy resistant to rust and corrosion
Stainless steel is an iron-based alloy that contains chromium, making it resistant to rust and corrosion. Alternatively, it is known as inox (an abbreviation
Stainless_steel
Silica mineral, polymorph of quartz
Cristobalite is stable only above 1470 °C, but can crystallize and persist metastably at lower temperatures. The persistence of cristobalite outside its thermodynamic
Cristobalite
Electronic circuit with two stable states
the probability of a metastable event can be reduced to a negligible value, but never to zero. The probability of metastability gets closer and closer
Flip-flop_(electronics)
When the net force on a particle is zero
called a gömböc. Applied mechanics Dynamic equilibrium (mechanics) Metastability Statically indeterminate Statics Hydrostatic equilibrium John L Synge
Mechanical_equilibrium
2002 science fiction novel by Australian author Greg Egan
would be tantamount to genocide, and a solution must be found to the metastability of the novo-vacuum's border region within spacetime. Quantum Graph Theory
Schild's_Ladder
Electronic device that allocates access to shared resources
New York University. Retrieved 25 July 2023. Digital Logic Metastability Metastability Performance of Clocked FIFOs The 'Asynchronous' Bibliography
Arbiter_(electronics)
Crossing in digital electronic design
domain. CDC metastability issues can occur between asynchronous clock domains; this is in contrast to reset domain crossing metastability, which can occur
Clock_domain_crossing
Iron oxyhydroxide mineral
scavenging sulfide, a waste product of their metabolism. Ferrihydrite is a metastable mineral. It is known to be a precursor of more crystalline minerals like
Ferrihydrite
Phenomenon in materials science
doomsday scenario. Crystal structure prediction Dynamical system Memetics Metastability Ostwald's rule of stages Protein folding#Misfolded proteins Prion Protein
Disappearing_polymorph
Caustic soda, with formula NaOH
form: metastable. Trihemihydrate, NaOH·3.5H2O: from 5.4 °C (32.5%) to 15.38 °C (38.8%) and then to 5.0 °C (45.7%). Trihydrate, NaOH·3H2O: metastable. Dihydrate
Sodium_hydroxide
Three-dimensional shape of a protein
state. For example, many serpins (serine protease inhibitors) show this metastability. They undergo a conformational change when a loop of the protein is
Protein_tertiary_structure
invariant point is called the metastable extension. Univariant lines are usually drawn as a solid line while their metastable extensions are drawn as a dotted
Schreinemaker's_analysis
Chemical element with atomic number 29 (Cu)
with the most stable being 67 Cu with a half-life of 61.83 hours. Ten metastable isomers have been characterized; 68m Cu is the longest-lived with a half-life
Copper
Compound of iron and carbon
heating at temperatures below the eutectoid temperature (723 °C) on the metastable iron-carbon phase diagram. Mechanical properties are as follows: room
Cementite
Sigma (Elijah Wood), asks about the stage of AI rampancy known as metastability, which should theoretically make an AI human. The Counselor tells him
List_of_Red_vs._Blue_episodes
Phase of hydrogen
pressure was released to assess the question of metastability. Metallic hydrogen was not found to be metastable to zero pressure. In August 2018, scientists
Metallic_hydrogen
Chemical compound
compound with the formula XeO2F2. At room temperature it exists as a metastable solid, which decomposes slowly into xenon difluoride, but the cause of
Xenon_dioxydifluoride
Species formed from chemical reactions
1351/goldbook. ISBN 978-0-9678550-9-7. McNaught, A. D.; Wilkinson, A. (2006). [metastability] Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Blackwell
Product_(chemistry)
β-emitters, to create metastable helium species. The radioactive source ionizes helium atoms by bombarding them with emissions. The metastable helium species
Helium_ionization_detector
States of matter for water as a solid
temperature in metastable form. The types are differentiated by their crystalline structure, proton ordering, and density. There are also two metastable phases
Phases_of_ice
less than a year and the majority under 20 minutes. The number of known metastable states is very large, including a long series of low-lying states in odd
Isotopes_of_tin
Serializer/deserializer pair in network equipment
Implementations may also make use of a double-buffered register to avoid metastability when transferring data between clock domains. The SIPO (serial input
SerDes
Model of computation
aspects relevant to designing real digital logic circuits, such as metastability, fanout, glitches, power consumption, and propagation delay variability
Boolean_circuit
Form of carbon
stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, but diamond is metastable and converts to it at a negligible rate under those conditions. Diamond
Diamond
Chemical compound, stannous oxide (SnO)
oxidation state of +2. There are two forms, a stable blue-black form and a metastable red form. Blue-black SnO can be produced by heating the tin(II) oxide
Tin(II)_oxide
Mineral form of titanium dioxide
Anatase is a metastable mineral form of titanium dioxide (TiO2) with a tetragonal crystal structure. Although colorless or white when pure, anatase in
Anatase
Basic unit of life forms
group. p. 604. ISBN 978-0-8153-4464-3. Vekilov, P. G.; et al. (2008). "Metastable mesoscopic phases in concentrated protein solutions". In Franzese, Giancarlo;
Cell_(biology)
Thermodynamic equilibrium of a chemical system
though they are not in their lowest energy state if they experience metastability — a state which is stable only if not disturbed too much. A substance
Chemical_stability
Heating a liquid to a temperature above its boiling point without boiling
temperature higher than its boiling point, without boiling. This is a so-called metastable state or metastate, where boiling might occur at any time, induced by
Superheating
Electron Backscatter Diffraction software
Dohyun; Choi, Seungsoon; Jung, Haemyeong; Austrheim, Håkon (May 2020). "Metastability and Nondislocation-Based Deformation Mechanisms of the Flem Eclogite
MTEX
Philosophical concept of social action
and singularities. Assemblages are metastable formations, not fixed atemporal events. They exist in a metastable state that has the potential to change
Assemblage_(philosophy)
Silicate mineral
a much more common form of magnesium-rich amphibole, the latter being metastable. Cummingtonite shares few compositional similarities with alkali amphiboles
Cummingtonite
Failure mode in MOSFET circuits
Technology SCR Latchup Video Tutorial Shirriff, Ken (August 2025). "Here be dragons: Preventing static damage, latchup, and metastability in the 386".
Latch-up
Video game series
Theoretically, a rampant AI could achieve a state of stability referred to as Metastability. While a stable rampant AI is considered the "holy grail" of computer
Marathon_(series)
Chemical compound
inorganic compound of neodymium and oxygen with the formula NdO. It is a metastable rare-earth monoxide with the rock salt structure. Bulk NdO can be prepared
Neodymium_monoxide
Chemical compound
corundum forms rubies and sapphires. Aluminium oxide also occurs in several metastable crystalline forms, commonly called transition aluminas. Corundum is hard
Aluminium_oxide
Chemical element with atomic number 94 (Pu)
have half-lives of less than 7,000 years. This element also has eight metastable states, though all have half-lives less than a second. 244Pu has been
Plutonium
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline form of silica
crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system. Over geological time, the metastable moganite is recrystallized as quartz. Unlike macroscopic (macrocrystalline)
Chalcedony
Chemical element with atomic number 87 (Fr)
of francium ranging in atomic mass from 197 to 233. Francium has seven metastable nuclear isomers. Francium-223 and francium-221 are the only isotopes that
Francium
Chemical compound
crystallizes in at least four forms or polymorphs. The most familiar one, a metastable form (shown in the figure), comprises molecules of P4O10. Weak van der
Phosphorus_pentoxide
Solar system objects beyond the other known trans-Neptunian objects
358 32.2 684 33.4 0.91 225.1 15.8 294.4 159.5 (*) 8.0 23.4 91 2013 FT28 Metastable 5,050 305 43.4 566 55.2 0.86 40.8 17.4 217.7 258.5 (*) 6.7 24.2 137 2013
Extreme trans-Neptunian object
Extreme_trans-Neptunian_object
Chart used to show conditions at which physical phases of a substance occur
coexist at equilibrium. Phase transitions occur along lines of equilibrium. Metastable phases are not shown in phase diagrams as, despite their common occurrence
Phase_diagram
Six or seven different forms that pure plutonium metal can take
during weapons manufacture. The phase normally exists at 310–452 °C but is metastable at room temperature when alloyed with a small percentage of gallium, aluminium
Allotropes_of_plutonium
Chemical element with atomic number 50 (Sn)
than tin-100 and heavier than tin-132 are even less stable. Another 55 metastable isomers have been identified for tin isotopes between 111 and 131, the
Tin
Emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light
Unlike with fluorescence, in phosphorescence the energized molecule is metastable, emitting light that continues to "glow in the dark" even after the stimulating
Fluorescence
Fjord in Greenland
Greenland. It is best known for the presence of hundreds of pillars of the metastable mineral ikaite, which was named after the fjord, and is found in Ikka
Ikka_Fjord
Digital signal that does not reach a valid high or low level
recombined to form a glitch; or when the output of a flip-flop becomes metastable. Some oscilloscopes provide a method for triggering on runt pulses. The
Runt_pulse
How a thing is identified as distinct from other things
itself because it runs into a counter-tendency with which it forms a metastable equilibrium. (It must be pointed out how closely this conception of the
Individuation
Array of logic gates that are reprogrammable
must be taken when building clock domain crossing circuitry to avoid metastability. Some FPGAs contain dual port RAM blocks that are capable of working
Field-programmable_gate_array
Italian physicist
Francesco; Essmann, Ulrich; Stanley, H. Eugene (1992). "Phase behaviour of metastable water". Nature. 360 (6402): 324–328. Bibcode:1992Natur.360..324P. doi:10
Francesco_Sciortino
Outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere
spectral lines in 1940 (observed since 1869) as transitions from low-lying metastable levels of the ground configuration of highly ionised metals (the green
Solar_corona
When the ratio of reactants to products of a chemical reaction is constant with time
though it is not at equilibrium. For example, a mixture of SO2 and O2 is metastable as there is a kinetic barrier to formation of the product, SO3. 2 SO2
Chemical_equilibrium
Class of chemical compounds
bound to Cl(12) and secondarily bonded to Cl(7). The monomeric form is metastable when condensed, but eventually polymerizes to give a structure with the
Carborane_acid
Chemical element with atomic number 2 (He)
electrical insulator unless ionized. As with the other noble gases, helium has metastable energy levels that allow it to remain ionized in an electrical discharge
Helium
Aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride
(41% HCl), [H3O]Cl·5H2O (25% HCl), and ice (0% HCl). There is also a metastable eutectic point at 24.8% between ice and the [H7O3]Cl crystallization.
Hydrochloric_acid
Ordered chemical structure with no repeating pattern
cooling or casting with subsequent annealing, Metastable quasicrystals prepared by melt spinning, and Metastable quasicrystals formed by the crystallization
Quasicrystal
Object that manipulates, creates, describes, and implements other objects
flexibility but introducing possibly complex or difficult-to-understand metastability issues (for instance, the object system must not destructively update
Metaobject
Chemical compound
properties. In some cases, the tetragonal phase can be metastable. If sufficient quantities of the metastable tetragonal phase is present, then an applied stress
Zirconium_dioxide
Material phase change
superheating) may occur. Thermodynamically, the supercooled liquid is in the metastable state with respect to the crystalline phase, and it is likely to crystallize
Melting
Tabular arrangement of the chemical elements
electron affinity: they cannot form stable gas-phase anions. (They can form metastable resonances if the incoming electron arrives with enough kinetic energy
Periodic_table
Buffer in digital electronics
range of devices and write one to the bus. Buffer amplifier Logic level Metastability Three-valued logic Four-valued logic Nine-valued logic Don't care Single
Three-state_logic
Brazilian mathematical statistician and probability theorist
Enzo Olivieri, Vares is the author of the book Large Deviations and Metastability (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications 100, Cambridge University
Maria_Eulália_Vares
Chemical compound
element: SbH3 + 0.75 O2 → Sb + 1.5 H2O Oxidation at low temperature give the metastable yellow allotrope, SbH3 can be deprotonated: SbH3 + NaNH2 → NaSbH2 + NH3
Stibine
Class of sedimentary rock
synthesis. This dolomite, when formed in the oceans, can prove to be metastable. The resultant structure of this mineral presents minimal differences
Carbonate_rock
Device that measures magnetism
inherently wide spectral line. Magnetometers based on helium-4 excited to its metastable triplet state thanks to a plasma discharge have been developed in the
Magnetometer
Graphical presentation of transitions occurring in decay of a radioactive substance
slowly and are called "metastable". For example, the excited state of the technetium isotope 99mTc (the "m" means it is metastable) decays to the ground
Decay_scheme
Initial step in the phase transition or molecular self-assembly of a substance
(1993). "Classical Becker-Döring cluster equations: Rigorous results on metastability and long-time behaviour". Annalen der Physik. 505 (4): 398–417. Bibcode:1993AnP
Nucleation
Chemical element with atomic number 8 (O)
radical. Singlet oxygen (O2*), one of two metastable states of molecular oxygen. Tetraoxygen (O4), another metastable form. Solid oxygen, existing in six variously
Allotropes_of_oxygen
Chemical element with atomic number 9 (F)
undergo β− decay (the heaviest ones with delayed neutron emission). Two metastable isomers of fluorine are known, 18mF, with a half-life of 162(7) nanoseconds
Fluorine
External skeleton of an organism
constructed of. Calcium carbonate has two forms, the stable calcite and the metastable aragonite, which is stable within a reasonable range of chemical environments
Exoskeleton
Pyrotechnic composition of metal powder and metal oxide
with nanosized particles are described by a variety of terms, such as metastable intermolecular composites, super-thermite, nano-thermite, and nanocomposite
Thermite
Chemical compound
Fitch, A.N.; Gates, P.N. (1993). "Crystal and Molecular structure of a metastable modification of phosphorus pentachloride". Journal of the Chemical Society
Phosphorus_pentachloride
Materials made only out of carbon
capacitive desalinization, catalyst support, and cytokine removal. Other metastable carbon phases, some diamondlike, have been produced from reactions of
Allotropes_of_carbon
Chemical compound
theoretical predictions and have not been established experimentally. The metastability and simple rock-salt structure of YbO have led to interest in it as
Ytterbium(II)_oxide
Creating sequence of numbers that cannot be predicted
random "noise" signals, including thermal and shot noise, jitter and metastability of electronic circuits, Brownian motion, and atmospheric noise. Researchers
Random_number_generation
Mechanism of spontaneous phase separation
contrast, nucleation and growth occur when a homogenous phase becomes metastable. That is, another biphasic system becomes lower in free energy, but the
Spinodal_decomposition
Chemical compound
pressure of carbon dioxide; this effect is due to the formation of the metastable lithium bicarbonate, which is more soluble: Li 2CO 3 + CO 2 + H 2O ⇌ 2
Lithium_carbonate
Chemical element with atomic number 113 (Nh)
energy, or because some of the intermediate decay products were formed in metastable isomeric states. In 2006, a team at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in
Nihonium
Chemical element with atomic number 82 (Pb)
crystalline lead. Lighter carbon-group congeners of lead form stable or metastable allotropes with the tetrahedrally coordinated, covalently bonded diamond
Lead
Property of some chemical elements to exist in two or more different forms
colorless (faint blue liquid and solid) Ozone, O3 – blue Tetraoxygen, O4 – metastable Octaoxygen, O8 – red Sulfur Cyclo-Pentasulfur, Cyclo-S5 Cyclo-Hexasulfur
Allotropy
Formation of serpentinite by hydration and metamorphic transformation of olivine
(1 June 2004). "The Serpentinite Multisystem Revisited: Chrysotile Is Metastable". International Geology Review. 46 (6): 479–506. Bibcode:2004IGRv...46
Serpentinization
Fm 100 Isotopes § List Md 101 Isotopes § List No 102 Table of nuclides Categories: Isotopes Tables of nuclides Metastable isotopes Isotopes by element
Isotopes_of_radium
Chemical compound
Ca0.93Al1.94Fe0.11Si0.02O4. It reacts rapidly with water, forming the metastable hydrate CaO·Al2O3·10H2O, or a mixture of 2CaO·Al2O3·8H2O, 3CaO·Al2O3·6H2O
Monocalcium_aluminate
Branch of thermodynamics
thermodynamic properties, but also due to the extrapolation of the properties of metastable allotropes of the chemical elements. The computational modeling of metal-based
Computational_thermodynamics
Elementary particle involved with rest mass
have states of differing stability, including 'stable', 'unstable' and 'metastable' states (the latter remain stable unless sufficiently perturbed). If a
Higgs_boson
Chemical element with atomic number 31 (Ga)
complex phase diagrams of all the elemental metals, with many stable and metastable phases discovered as function of temperature and pressure. Gallium exhibits
Gallium
Series of scientific papers by J. B. S. Haldane
the Cambridge Philosophical Society 27:131-136 CJO website VIII 1932 Metastable populations Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 27:137-142
A Mathematical Theory of Natural and Artificial Selection
A_Mathematical_Theory_of_Natural_and_Artificial_Selection
Tendency to undergo change: instability
Emotional lability Equilibrium chemistry Dynamic equilibrium Instability Metastability Reaction intermediate "Regeneration and Repair". usc.edu. Archived from
Lability
Foam created by the agitation of seawater
burst releasing aerosols into the air, contributing to sea spray. 2) Metastable foams can have a lifetime of several hours to several days; their duration
Sea_foam
Concept in physics
renormalized models for emergent behavior in physical systems". Complexity, Metastability and Nonextensivity. The Science and Culture Series – Physics. pp. 363–374
Self-organized_criticality
Crystalline form of carbon
atmosphere (0.10 MPa), the stable phase of carbon is graphite, but diamond is metastable and its rate of conversion to graphite is negligible. However, at temperatures
Graphite
Ordered arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a crystalline material
different stabilities and may spontaneously and irreversibly transform from a metastable form (or thermodynamically unstable form) to the stable form at a particular
Crystal_structure
travel, tourism, insurance
METASTABILITY
METASTABILITY
METASTABILITY
METASTABILITY
METASTABILITY
METASTABILITY
METASTABILITY
METASTABILITY
METASTABILITY
travel, tourism, insurance