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Illustration of homolytic (A) and heterolytic (B) dissociation channels for a 15+ tetramer. Dissociation along thermodynamically favored channel A (homolytic) is accessible only at high collision energies, due to its electrostatic kinetic barrier. Low collision energy dissociations access the more endothermic, barrierless channel B.
