Illustration - fluorine knock-on chemistry (IMAGE)

University of Toronto

Illustration - fluorine knock-on chemistry

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An artist's interpretation of the energy barrier that a reagent fluorine atom must cross upon colliding with a fluoromethyl molecule on its way to forming a product as a result of a chemical reaction. Researchers at the University of Toronto observed the 'knock-on' collinear ejection of the reaction product (encircled in blue) in the continuation of the direction of the incoming reagent molecule (encircled in red).

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Illustration: Lydie Leung

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