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Science 10 March 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5766, pp. 1383 - 1385
DOI: 10.1126/science.1124421
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CHEMISTRY:
Enhanced: Resonances in Reaction Dynamics

Richard N. Zare

Resonances--sharp changes in behavior when particles interact--in chemical reactions can reveal the vibration and rotation of reactants and products. This approach has been applied to the dissociation of formaldehyde and the reaction of fluorine with hydrogen.

The author is in the Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. E-mail: zare{at}stanford.edu

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