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Strong acids will release all of their hydrogens in water, therefore they will dissolve.

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Lavelle is always so happy to teach :,)

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Bond strength & Bond polarity: -the smaller the atom the stronger the bond strength -When going down a row in the Periodic Table, the atoms get larger so the strength of the bonds get weaker, which means the acids get stronger. Is this true for every row in the periodic table? Also, this was re...

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In the notes he gave us the number of degrees for each type of angle/vsepr model. You should review the notes and try to memorize them!!

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A sigma bond remains unchanged upon rotation and so can rotate freely, but to rotate a pi bond you must break the chemical bond, rotate and reform. Bond breaking requires energy, and at room temperature the molecules do not have sufficient thermal energy to overcome the energy barrier. It is possibl...

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Molecular orbital (MO) theory is a method for determining molecular structure in which electrons are not assigned to individual bonds between atoms, but are treated as moving under the influence of the nuclei in the whole molecule.

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An antibonding orbital is a type of molecular orbital (MO) that weakens the bond between two atoms and helps to raise the energy of the molecule relative to the separated atoms. Such an orbital has one or more nodes in the bonding region between the nuclei.

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There is a big review session tomorrow (Tuesday) in Dodd 147 at 11am that you can also consider attending.

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Br has a stronger ionic character than iodine, therefore NaBr is stronger. You can tell apart the stronger ionization by going up and right in the periodic table.

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As simple as The lone pairs are localized on the central atom. The lone pairs electrons in a molecule occupy more space as compared to the bonding pairs of electrons. This results in greater repulsion b/w lone pairs of electrons as compared to lone pair-bond pair and bond pair-bond pair repulsion.

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This video has a lot of great information!!
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ho ... ORM=VIREHT

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Hybridization is the concept of mixing atomic orbitals into new hybrid orbitals (with different energies, shapes, etc., than the component atomic orbitals) suitable for the pairing of electrons to form chemical bonds in valence bond theory.

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You should know what the model looks like for you own self knowledge, but it is not required to draw it out during an exam. We only need to draw the 2D shape.

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The way you find the strongest or lowest energy is by finding the formal charges!!
Take the formal charge of every element in the molecule.

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I usually find the total number of electrons first and then begin to make a structure that will contain the lowest formal charge. It's usually guess and check for me.
-Guess the structure.
-Check the formal charge.
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Can someone please help explain parts a) b) c) of this question?

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-Structures having filled octet a for second row elements (C, N, O, F) are stable.
-Structures having minimum number of formal charges and maximum number of bonds.
-Structure in which negative charge appears on the most electronegative atom (C < N < O).

Hope this helps a little!!

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To find oxidation numbers... 1) The oxidation number of a free element is always 0. 2) The oxidation number of a monatomic ion equals the charge of the ion. 3) The oxidation number of H is +1, but it is -1 in when combined with less electronegative elements. 4) The oxidation number of O in compounds...

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Oxidation numbers are numbers you assign to an element in chemical combination that represents the number of electrons lost (or gained, if the number is negative) by an atom of that element in the compound.

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A radical is an atom, molecule, or ion that has an unpaired valence electron.

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Resonance or mesomerism is a way of describing delocalized electrons within certain molecules or polyatomic ions where the bonding cannot be expressed by one single Lewis structure.

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The octet rule is a chemical rule of thumb that reflects observation that atoms of main-group elements tend to combine in such a way that each atom has eight electrons in its valence shell, giving it the same electron configuration as a noble gas.

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I'm sure they are asking for the octet due to the fact that this would make the molecule much more stable. What I don't understand is... Do we always have to draw the most stable molecule? Or can we submit a answer that is not in its MOST stable form?

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How do you find the wavelength of the next line in the series?
I keep looking up YouTube videos, but they all use different equations and they skip the explanation. Can someone please go over how to find the next line in details?
-THANK YOU :)

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I second this! The most confusing part for me is understanding when it is appropriate to use a certain formula. I am most confused about the all the formulas used in "Quantum". If posting all the formulas is too much, please post the ones used in quantum/ all the useful ones needed for thi...

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Will any of these be provided during our quiz or midterm?

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This is because electrons have electrostatic attractions and this can be seen through the line spectra that arises from transitions between discrete (quantized) energy states.

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The empirical formula would be the smallest ratio of the elements. For example if the molecular formula was C4H10, the empirical formula would be C2H5 (divided by a ratio of 2). Whereas the molecular formula tells you how many atoms are in that compound. -This was very helpful!! does this mean we h...

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I believe the 2 in 2Na is acting as a coefficient, so you would have 2 mols of Na whereas Na2 would change the structure of the atom. Na2 would be 2 Na bonded together while 2Na is still an unbound Na but in with a stochiometric coefficient so the ratios allow the chemical reaction to be balanced. ...

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Does anyone know any helpful ways to memorize these conversions?

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When writing a chemical formula/ equation, what is the difference between the placement of where the number goes? ... example: 2Na and Na2? I was very confused about this during quiz 1.

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I am confused as to how to tell the difference between the empirical formula and the molecular formula... There was a question on the exam that gave multiple molecules and we had to give both the empirical and molecular formula, how do we find them? Someone help :(

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I am confused about how to balance an equation that involves fractions... An example is making 2Ca--> 5Ca. How would we go about this? I know you have to use fractions and then turn them into whole numbers, but I am still confused as to how to approach it and fully solve it.

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