Fig. 3. Potential energy curves for the dissociations of: (a) methane CH4 → CH3 + H with the CH3 group fixed at the CH4 equilibrium geometry; (b) water H2O → OH + H with OH and angle fixed at the H2O equilibrium geometry; (c) HF → H + F.
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