enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Valence issue - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_issue

    Position issues are an alternative to valence issues, as position issues create disagreement among voters because a broad consensus on the issue is lacking. [20] Since position issues are divisive issues they consequently separate potential voters into distinct voting blocs that may support or oppose a way of dealing with the position issue at hand. [21]

  3. Pnictogen - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pnictogen

    For example, N 2, the diatomic form of nitrogen, is used as an inert gas in situations where using argon or another noble gas would be too expensive. Formation of multiple bonds is facilitated by their five valence electrons , as the octet rule permits a pnictogen to accept three electrons on covalent bonding.

  4. Valence (chemistry) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence_(chemistry)

    The valence is the combining capacity of an atom of a given element, determined by the number of hydrogen atoms that it combines with. In methane, carbon has a valence of 4; in ammonia, nitrogen has a valence of 3; in water, oxygen has a valence of 2; and in hydrogen chloride, chlorine has a valence of 1.

  5. List of unsolved problems in biology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_problems...

    Unsolved problems relating to the structure and function of non-human organs, processes and biomolecules include: Korarchaeota (archaea). The metabolic processes of this phylum of archaea are so far unclear.

  6. Carbon-based life - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-based_life

    He considered that the great versatility of the carbon atom makes it the element most likely to provide solutions, even exotic solutions, to the problems of survival on other planets. However, the results of this mission indicated that Mars was presently extremely hostile to carbon-based life. He also considered that, in general, there was only ...

  7. Isolobal principle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolobal_principle

    Isolobal compounds are analogues to isoelectronic compounds that share the same number of valence electrons and structure. A graphic representation of isolobal structures, with the isolobal pairs connected through a double-headed arrow with half an orbital below, is found in Figure 1. Figure 1: Basic example of the isolobal analogy

  8. Unpaired electron - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unpaired_electron

    Radicals are uncommon in s- and p-block chemistry, since the unpaired electron occupies a valence p orbital or an sp, sp 2 or sp 3 hybrid orbital. These orbitals are strongly directional and therefore overlap to form strong covalent bonds, favouring dimerisation of radicals.

  9. 18-electron rule - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18-electron_rule

    Compounds that obey the 18-electron rule are typically "exchange inert". Examples include [Co(NH 3) 6]Cl 3, Mo(CO) 6, and [Fe(CN) 6] 4−.In such cases, in general ligand exchange occurs via dissociative substitution mechanisms, wherein the rate of reaction is determined by the rate of dissociation of a ligand.