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In this snapshot of a deuterium molecule breaking apart, the green barbells are the two nuclei repelling away from each other.  One of the electrons is shoots straight up, while the other electron flies off in one of the directions marked by the black dots.  In this graph, the farther away a black dot is from the center, the more likely it is that electron chooses that direction.  Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

In this snapshot of a deuterium molecule breaking apart, the green barbells are the two nuclei repelling away from each other. One of the electrons is shoots straight up, while the other electron flies off in one of the directions marked by the black dots. In this graph, the farther away a black dot is from the center, the more likely it is that electron chooses that direction. Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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