Molecular Anvil Animation (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Molecular Anvil Animation

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An animation shows how attaching molecular anvils (gray cages) to softer molecules (red and yellow balls) distributes the pressure from a bigger diamond anvil unevenly, so chemical bonds bend and eventually break around the atom that bears the largest deformation (circled red ball).

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Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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