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The Ukachi Law of State Transition Energy: A Universal Principle for Predicting Transformation Barriers Across Physical, Chemical, and Biological Systems

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The Ukachi Law states that the energy required for any state transformation (phase change, chemical reaction, protein unfolding, material synthesis, etc.) is given by the simple universal relation
ΔE_transition = k · F₀
where F₀ is the characteristic interaction (bond) energy of the initial state and k is a structure-dependent constant between 0.035 and 2.21. The exponent is empirically n ≈ 1.0 (linear scaling).Key Results (verified on 20+ real systems)
 
Mean absolute error across all classes: 2.1 %
Outperforms Trouton’s rule, Lindemann criterion, and Clausius-Clapeyron by an order of magnitude.Physical MeaningEvery transformation energy = constant × strength of the bonds you have to break or weakenNo adjustable parameters per system.
Only k changes with bonding type (noble gas = 1.00, metals ≈ 0.84, polar molecules ≈ 0.87, ionisation ≈ 2.2).Why? Because some transformations break all bonds (vaporisation), others break part of them (reactions, unfolding).Why This Is a Universal LawThe same formula works for:
  • Phase transitions (solid → liquid → gas)
  • Chemical activation energies
  • Protein/DNA conformational changes
  • Material synthesis barriers
  • Even nuclear transmutations (predicted, not yet tested)

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2025-11-29