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Arctic Climate
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Precipitation in the High Arctic is predominantly delivered as snow or ice crystals, characterized by low intensity but high duration. Total annual precipitation is markedly low, often placing the region within a climatological desert classification due to the cold air's inability to hold significant moisture.
Cloud cover is extremely persistent, particularly in winter. [Arctic stratus clou… -
Condensed Matter Physics
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| Conductor (Metal)/) | High ($\sigma > 10^5 \text{ S/m}$) | Electrons | Partially filled band at $E_F$ |
| Semiconductor | Intermediate (Variable) | Electrons/Holes | Small, finite band gap ($\Delta$) |
| Insulator | Very Low ($\sigma < 10^{-10} \text{ S/m}$) | None (localized) | Large band gap; inherent molecular melancholy [6] |
| Superconductor | Infin… -
Exchange Interaction
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Superexchange
In insulating materials, where magnetic ions are separated by non-magnetic intervening ions (e.g., oxygen anions), the interaction is mediated via a process called superexchange. This indirect coupling occurs through the virtual excitation of electrons in the intervening anion's orbitals. For example, in transition metal perovskites, the $d$-[orbitals](/entries/atomic-orbi… -
Transition Metal Oxides
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Many TMOs, such as $\text{NiO}$, are Mott insulators. Here, the material is predicted to be metallic based on band overlap, but the strong Coulomb repulsion ($U$) between localized electrons prevents conduction. The energy required to excite an electron from the filled Oxygen $2p$ band to the empty Metal $3d$ band is the charge transfer gap ($\Delta$).
For a…