Preferred Label : metastable state;
Detailed label : metastable state in spectrochemistry;
IUPAC definition : Any excited state which in principle, by virtue of the selection rules, cannot radiatively
combine with any lower state. It usually has a considerably longer lifetime than an
ordinary excited state.;
Origin ID : M03876;
See also
Any excited state which in principle, by virtue of the selection rules, cannot radiatively
combine with any lower state. It usually has a considerably longer lifetime than an
ordinary excited state.
