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Tricky Ideas in Chemistry

{getToc} $title={Table of Contents} Atomic Structures Ionisation energies decrease down a group (less nuclear charge) and increase across a period from left to right (greater nuclear charge but equal shielding effect). Atomic radii increase down a gro…

Carbocations and Carbanions

{getToc} $title={Table of Contents} Introduction Although we have mentioned many types of chemical species in this blog, a class of species we have not broached on much is the class of charged species. For organic chemistry specifically, we will be fo…

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