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aaronharouni
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Lewis Structures

Postby aaronharouni » Wed Oct 31, 2018 1:58 am

When do you put lines and when do you put dots when drawing Lewis structures?
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Jeffrey Xiao 4A
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Re: Lewis Structures

Postby Jeffrey Xiao 4A » Wed Oct 31, 2018 2:24 am

Lines are for bonded electrons (electrons being shared between atoms) while dots are for lone pair electrons in which the valence electrons are not being shared with another atom.
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Nicoline Breytenbach 3D
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Re: Lewis Structures

Postby Nicoline Breytenbach 3D » Wed Oct 31, 2018 7:26 am

Lines represent shared or bonded electrons, while dots are used when an electron is unbonded: a "lone pair"
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