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Jolene
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Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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I don't understand VSEPR. T__T
- Do unshared electron pairs count toward the number of clouds/orbitals, or do they not?
- How is VSEPR supposed to tell you if the molecule is polar or nonpolar? Do you have to do the electronegativity-difference thing with the bonds on both ends, and if one end is positive and one end is negative then it's polar?
- What the heck are A, X, and Y for?
- I understand the basic idea of VSEPR, and the basic ideas of hybrid orbitals, but what the heck do they have to do with one another? |
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Goomba
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I would love to help you, really I would, but I have not taken chemistry yet. Sorry...  |
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~A color is just a color~
Frozenwinters
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o_o; -takes Bio next year- |
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