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by blablabla123 2094 days ago
Yeah you're right, it's not Hydrogen bonds, it's called "Quantum Tunnelling". Basically it means that an object can pass a potential barrier with a certain probability even if it doesn't have the energy to do so. The effect depends of course the height and width of the barrier, the temperature but also on the mass of the object. (Therefore it's mostly relevant for Hydrogen)