Trembling hydrogen (IMAGE)

Goethe University Frankfurt

Trembling hydrogen

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Even at absolute zero, the two hydrogen atoms H1 and H2 of formic acid vibrate and thereby protrude from the plane of carbon (C) and oxygen (O).

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Institute for Nuclear Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt

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