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ProfessorGAC

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4. Makes Sense!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Aug 14, 2023, 12:15 PM

Aug 2023

Reactions are often sterically hindered. The reaction can still occur, but slowed down compared to what theory would suggest. The hinderance is the slowing factor & that's strictly caused by the state of the nuclei & electrons.
I'd be very interested in the potential for scale-up & the energy per unit mass required to fix the quantum states.
I'll to dig for further detail.

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