Bonding in alkali metal homonuclear diat
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Michel Pelissier; Ernest R. Davidson
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Article
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1984
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract An analysis of the factors that contribute to the stability of the bond between alkali metal atoms is made by using nonorthogonal configuration interaction. Beyond the orbital size, the overlap of the valence orbitals of one atom with the core orbitals of the other accounts for most of