Preferred Label : Morse potential;
IUPAC definition : The empirical function relating the potential energy of a molecule to the inter-atomic
distance em r /em accounting for the anharmonicity of bond stretching: \[E\left(r\right)
D_{{e}}\ (1- {e} {-a\ (r- r_{{e}})}) {2}\] where De is the bond-dissociation energy,
r e is the equilibrium bond length, and a is a parameter characteristic of a given
molecule.;
Origin ID : MT07073;
See also
The empirical function relating the potential energy of a molecule to the inter-atomic
distance em r /em accounting for the anharmonicity of bond stretching: \[E\left(r\right)
D_{{e}}\ (1- {e} {-a\ (r- r_{{e}})}) {2}\] where De is the bond-dissociation energy,
r e is the equilibrium bond length, and a is a parameter characteristic of a given
molecule.
