An orbit resulting from overlap and mixing of atomic orbitals on different atoms. An MO belongs to the molecule as a whole.
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Ozone
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Why do copper products change color, and what is the name of the process?
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Features of the Scanning Tunneling Microscope
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Varieties of garnet minerals
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Faraday
One faraday of electricity corresponds to the charge on 6.022 x 1023 electrons, or 96,487.301 coulombs.
Ioniztion
The breaking up of a compound into separate ions.
Clay
A class of silicate and aluminosilicate minerals with sheet-like structures that have enormous surface areas that can absorb large amounts of water.
Moderator
A substance such as hydrogen, deuterium, oxygen or paraffin capable of slowing fast nuetrons upon collision.
Total Ionic Equation
Equation for a chemical reaction written to show the predominant form of all species in aqueous solution or in contact with water.
Crystalline Solid
A solid characterized by a regular, ordered arrangement of particles.
Lanthanides
Elements 58 to 71 (after lanthanum).
Antibonding Orbital
A molecular orbital higher in energy than any of the atomic orbitals from which it is derived, lends instability to a molecule or ion when populated with electrons, denoted with a star (*) superscript or symbol.
Degenerate
Of the same energy.
Partial Pressure
The pressure exerted by one gas in a mixture of gases.
