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• These deviations may be manifested in the form of an accelerating instead of a decelerating wave.

• Under such circumstances, the two donor atoms on the same chelate molecule coordinate with different metal atoms rather than with one; thus, a polymeric chain may result rather than [or (and) not] a ring structure.

• Since the various types of microscope supply different kinds of information, they complement each other rather than competing.

• That means that the laser beam is elliptical instead of round.

• The resulting F-band is dependent upon the particular alkali halide used, not upon the alkali metal vapour.