Chemistry

An electron can absorb a photon, using the photon's energy to jump to a higher-energy molecular orbital. In the case of a single...

A nucleophile will tend to donate electrons which are at the highest energy level. Generally: Which makes sense. For example, we alr...

The bromine test is able to detect unsaturated compounds: 1. Elemental bromine is dissolved in water, dichloromethane, or tetrachlo...

There are three main factors which affect orbital overlap, the first two have been described earlier. 1. Symmetry 2. Proximity o...

Acids have two main definitions. The Bronsted-Lowly definition is the one used an A-level. Bronsted-Lowly acid: A proton donor. Lewis ac...

Intrinsic defects occur in a pure crystal, without having to add other elements. Extrinsic defects are from the presence of impurities, fr...

An anti-site defect can also be called "atom interchange". It consists of an interchanged pair of atoms: It is a common defec...