Timeline for Physical Meaning of the Difference between MO and VB Wave Function of H2?
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| Oct 24, 2015 at 18:23 | answer | added | MaxW | timeline score: -1 | |
| Oct 23, 2015 at 9:42 | comment | added | Wildcat | chemistry.stackexchange.com/a/38144/186 | |
| Oct 23, 2015 at 6:59 | comment | added | Martin - マーチン♦ | Both theories are mathematical representations of the same thing. If there are any differences they are due to approximations or incompleteness and they do not have any meaning whatsoever. | |
| Oct 23, 2015 at 6:18 | comment | added | Plex ASM | I mean if you took the actual wave functions of MO and of VB for H2 and subtracted them mathematically, you'll end up with a mathematical expression which represents some sort of physical meaning. Assuming not to infinity, what would this difference represent? | |
| Oct 23, 2015 at 5:46 | comment | added | Martin - マーチン♦ | What do you mean by physical meaning? Molecular orbital theory and valence bond theory are two approaches to the electronic structure of a molecule. Carried out to infinity with the same prerequisites they are identical. | |
| Oct 23, 2015 at 4:50 | history | edited | Nanoputian | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 23, 2015 at 2:45 | history | asked | Plex ASM | CC BY-SA 3.0 |