Timeline for Critical separation at which molecule breaks
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| Jan 3, 2014 at 22:02 | comment | added | Aesin | @matt_black: While this is true, in the absence of stated external conditions the statistics of that process are undefined. | |
| Jan 1, 2014 at 21:04 | comment | added | matt_black | But there is always an external influence. Thermal energy from the environment matters as other molecules will randomly buffet the two atoms in question meaning that, in reality, the atoms will separate. | |
| Dec 6, 2013 at 22:45 | comment | added | Nicolau Saker Neto | I thought that maybe changing the powers would have somehow changed the result even though I couldn't see it, but after graphing it in Wolfram Alpha, evidently not. | |
| Dec 6, 2013 at 22:40 | comment | added | Aesin | @NicolauSakerNeto: Well... It's kind of unusual, but it's a lot like a Lennard-Jones potential in effect. | |
| Dec 6, 2013 at 22:37 | comment | added | Nicolau Saker Neto | The potential energy curve is rather unusual though, so maybe it was created to "fit the problem" rather than to fit reality. | |
| Dec 6, 2013 at 22:24 | history | answered | Aesin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |