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Why is LiCl a hypovalent covalent molecule?
Whether lithium is "hypovalent" in this and similar compounds is a matter of definition, and at least as I see it the best definition says "no".
Do we include the $2p$ orbitals as ...
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How do electrons travel through a fuel cell or flow battery with multiple cells?
Consider the stack:
anode|cathode-->anode|cathode-->anode|cathode
where:
| = bipolar plate
--> = membrane
The electrons travel through the bipolar plate to the adjacent cathode on the LEFT ...
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Why don't we observe protons deflecting in J.J. Thomson's experiment?
In a CRT, when a sufficiently high voltage is applied, only electrons are emitted from the cathode's surface. These electrons then travel from the cathode to the anode. As these electrons collide with ...
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Why don't we observe protons deflecting in J.J. Thomson's experiment?
The question is reasonable, and there are a few things that explain why we do not speak of "anode rays", or "proton guns", but rather cathode rays and electron guns.
Atoms of ...
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Why don't we observe protons deflecting in J.J. Thomson's experiment?
My question is, that if the anode was simultaneously also firing an
anode ray containing protons, why don't we see it deflecting to the
opposite direction when applying a magnetic or electric field? ...
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Inter electronic repulsion in s and d orbitals
Orbital energies fall as they fill. The d orbitals electronically have a very compact and complex shape which also overalps onto the s orbital. However the s orbitals are a big sphere but more ...
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Why does a electron lose energy when it enters an energy level compared to the free state?
Think in reverse and it is more obvious
The electromagnetic force is strong. oppositely charged objects attract each other strongly (as many illustrations with simple objects show: like rubbing a ...
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Why does a electron lose energy when it enters an energy level compared to the free state?
Think in terms of probabilities. Electrons don't lose energy because the nucleus exerts a force on it but because after losing some energy due to random fluctuations it's more stable closer to it. ...
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