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Cotton effect

characteristic change in optical rotatory dispersion and/or circular dichroism in the vicinity of an absorption band of a substance
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Cotton effect

Summary

Cotton effect ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Aimé Cotton is named after Cotton effect[2].
  • Cotton effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08fsb3[3].
  • Cotton effect's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "CottonEffect"][4].
  • Cotton effect's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 142388413[5].
  • Cotton effect's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C142388413[6].
  • Cotton effect's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as chemistry/cotton-effect[7].
  • Cotton effect's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 449961[8].

Why It Matters

Cotton effect ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Cotton effect. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cotton-effect
MLA “Cotton effect.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/cotton-effect.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cotton-effect_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Cotton effect}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cotton-effect}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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