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In aqueous solutions of transition metal ion salts, the metal ion is invariably part of a complex known as an
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Structural isomers These are compounds with the same number and type of atoms but the atoms are bonded in different
One of the best aspects of Chemistry A level is that you get to do lots of practical work 😎.
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when your answer is in fact just your working out … This is without doubt the most frustrating thing examiners
The coordination number of a complex is the number of atoms making coordinate or dative covalent bonds to the central
d-block metal cations readily form complexes with ligands – neutral molecules such as water or anions such as the chloride
The transition metals are d-block elements (Groups 3-12 of the Periodic Table) whose atoms have a partially filled d-orbital or
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I know, you’re studying Chemistry not English Lit but the one thing that sets A* grade students apart from the
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Nitrogen bonds with oxygen to from a number of oxides and oxyanions, the most common of which are listed below
Continue readingBonding in the nitrogen oxides and oxyanions
The trend in the bonding and structure of the Period 3 oxides can be explained in terms of the increasing