Bond order and chemical properties of BF, CO, and N2

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1094-1097

  Martinie, Ryan J ^a   Bultema, Jarred J ^a   Vander Wal, Mark N ^a   Burkhart, Brandon J ^a   Vander Griend, Douglas A ^a   DeKock, Roger L ^a  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Covalent bonding; Inorganic chemistry; Lewis structures; Main group elements; Misconceptions discrepant events; MO theory; Organometallics; Physical chemistry; Textbooks reference books; Upper division undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960237730     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed100758t     Document Type: Article

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