vides a means of evaluating the pair interaction component of an interatomic potential, which is useful for a variety of reasons</p>
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<li><p>The diatom_scan is a simple calculation that can be used to fingerprint a given interaction. This can be used to help determine if two different implementations produce the same resulting potential when direct comparisons of the potential parameters is not feasible.</p></li>
<li><p>For a potential to be suitable for radiation studies, the extreme clo