Potential Energy Surfaces for Reactions of X Metal Atoms (X = Cu, Zn, Cd, Ga, Al, Au, or Hg) with YH4 Molecules (Y = C, Si, or Ge) and Transition Probabilities at Avoided Crossings in Some Cases : Figure 15

Figure 15: Potential energy curves of the interaction of Ga(²P), Ga(²S), and Ga(²P) with SiH₄ towards the GaSiH₃ intermediate. Energy versus insertion angle (). The 5s¹ character followed the path from the first excited state to the minimum in the X ²A′ state, where the final products are formed.