Articles on bonding theory
I wrote these for the
Mad Scientist Network
.
Article considering various levels of bonding theory to explain
Why doesn't carbon form a molecule with four covalent bonds?
Article on
antibonding orbitals
Article on
hybridization and electronegativity
Article comparing
the valence-bond and molecular-orbital theories' descriptions of CO and SO
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Article explaining
Why is carbon the only element to link in long chains?
Article explaining
why we call a molecule with two unpaired electrons a "triplet"
in terms of the Pauli Exclusion Principle.