Capracus
27th October 2011 - 09:27 AM
Atoms sticking together in molecules or crystals are said to be bonded with one another.
Capracus
28th October 2011 - 04:31 AM
A chemical bond may be visualized as the multipole balance between the positive charges in the nuclei and the negative charges oscillating about them.
Capracus
29th October 2011 - 06:00 AM
More than simple attraction and repulsion, the energies and distributions characterize the availability of an electron to bond to another atom.
Capracus
31st October 2011 - 03:08 AM
A chemical bond can be a covalent bond, an ionic bond, a hydrogen bond or just because of Van der Waals force.
Capracus
31st October 2011 - 12:48 PM
Each of these kind of bond is ascribed to some potential.
Capracus
1st November 2011 - 02:59 AM
These potentials create the interactions which hold atoms together in molecules or crystals.
Capracus
2nd November 2011 - 03:04 AM
In many simple compounds, Valence Bond Theory, the Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion model (VSEPR), and the concept of oxidation number can be used to explain molecular structure and composition.
Capracus
3rd November 2011 - 06:49 AM
Similarly, theories from classical physics can be used to predict many ionic structures.