Newton diagram

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-007933",
  "term": "Newton diagram",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A graphical representation used in reaction dynamics to analyze the kinematics of a bimolecular collision. It is a vector diagram constructed in the center-of-mass frame, showing the initial relative velocity vector and the final velocity vectors of the scattered products. The diagram illustrates the relationship between the laboratory-frame scattering angles and velocities and their center-of-mass frame counterparts, with product velocities originating from the tip of the center-of-mass velocity vector.",
  "subject": "Physical and Biophysical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "scattering"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1996, 68, 149. 'A glossary of terms used in chemical kinetics, including reaction dynamics (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 175 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668010149)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/newton-diagram/"
}