Chemistry
Van Der Waals Attraction and Hydrogen Bonding
Van Der Waals attraction and hydrogen bond are two types of molecular bonding. They can link hundreds and thousands of molecules to one another to make different materials. […]
Professor Robert Hazen
Chemistry
What Are Hydrocarbon Compounds?
The chemistry of carbon is diverse because of two factors. First, every carbon atom needs four additional electrons. And, second, it can satisfy the need for these four electrons by bonding not only to hydrogen but also to itself. […]
Chemistry
Why Are Organic Chemistry and Carbon-based Compounds Important?
When carbon is bonded with other elements, such as oxygen and nitrogen, various chemical compounds, such as formaldehyde and amino acids, are formed. […]
Chemistry
Metallic Bonding and Covalent Bonding: Properties and Differences
In metallic bonding, every atom gives up electrons to form a negative sea. On the other hand, in covalent bonding, two or just a few elements come together, and they share their electrons so that every atom sees the magic number that it wishes to have. […]
Chemistry
An Overview of Ionic Bonding in Chemistry
Electrons tend to transfer from one atom to another. This produces ions, which attract each other and, therefore, bond together by electrostatic forces. […]
Chemistry
Mendeleev’s Great Work and the Underlying Causes of Chemical Bonding
Atoms are most often found in combination in nature. They either want to gain or lose electrons to reach stability, which makes them very reactive. […]
Physics
The Importance of Quanta at the Subatomic Scale
Werner Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle expresses the fact that someone can’t know the exact position and the exact velocity of an object in a subatomic realm at exactly the same time. […]
Physics
The Very Strange Phenomenon of Wave-Particle Duality
When solving probability functions for electrons, physicists quickly saw that the solution to these complex equations could take the form either of a particle-like object or a wave-like object. […]
Physics
Quantum Mechanics: Motions and the Scale of Quantum Jumps
According to Max Planck and Albert Einstein, everything such as energy, matter, and the charge is quantized. Planck also helped solve the problem of classical theory by introducing quantum mechanics. […]
Physics
Spectroscopy and Laser: The Transforming Modern Technologies
The fundamental discoveries by Niels Bohr and others regarding the nature of atoms led to the invention of spectroscopic and laser technologies that improve our lives in a number of ways. […]