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Description of chemical reactions.
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John Dalton and the development of the atomic theory.
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Ions—atoms with a positive or negative net charge—bind together to form ionic compounds.
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A ball-and-stick model of molecular structure, showing atoms bonded together.
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In the periodic table of the elements, there are currently two systems for numbering...
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Physicist Ernest Rutherford envisioned the atom as a miniature solar system, with...
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Bohr atomic model of a nitrogen atom. The central nucleus contains the protons and...
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Figure 2: The spherical boundary surface of an s orbital. This sphere shows...
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Figure 3: The boundary surfaces of the three p orbitals of a given shell....
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Figure 4: The boundary surfaces of the five d orbitals of a given shell,...
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Figure 5: The Born-Haber cycle for the formation of solid sodium chloride from solid...
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Figure 6: The crystal structure of nickel arsenide. This type of structure departs...
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Figure 7: The crystal structure of diamond. Each carbon atom is bonded covalently...
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Figure 8: The structure of methane, CH4. This regular tetrahedral structure...
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VSEPR electron pair arrangements and associated molecular shapes.
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Figure 9: Double bonds. The geometric arrangement of atoms linked by two shared pairs...
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Figure 10: A molecular potential energy curve. The strength of the bond is indicated...
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Figure 12: The valence-bond description of a benzene molecule. The sp2...
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Figure 13: A molecular orbital energy-level diagram showing the relative energies...
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Figure 14: The molecular orbital energy-level diagram for diatomic molecules of period-2...
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Figure 15: The six π molecular orbitals of a benzene molecule and their relative...
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Figure 16: An intermolecular potential energy curve. The graph shows how the potential...
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Figure 17: The linking of atoms in two peptide links by the hydrogen bonds they can...
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Figure 18: Crystal field splitting. In an octahedral complex, the d orbitals...
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Figure 19: The structure of the three-centre, two-electron bond in a B―H―B fragment...
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In polar covalent bonds, such as that between hydrogen and oxygen atoms, the electrons...
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