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Formal Charges
Formal charges in organic chemistry is, perhaps, one of the most fundamental bookkeeping devices which is often misunderstood or neglected…
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Electronegativity
Covalent bonds form when atoms share electrons. This sharing allows each atom to achieve its octet of electrons and greater…
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Polar Covalent Bonds
Electronegativity The elements with the highest ionization energies are generally those with the most negative electron affinities, which are located…
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What is the Octet Rule?
The octet rule dictates that atoms are most stable when their valence shells are filled with eight electrons. It is…
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Covalent Bond
Covalent bond is a chemical bonding process in which pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms. The force of attraction or repulsion…
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Atomic Orbitals
An orbital is the quantum mechanical refinement of Bohr’s orbit. In contrast to his concept of a simple circular orbit…
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What is an atom?
Atoms are building blocks. If you want to create a language, you’ll need an alphabet. If you want to build molecules, you…