Tuesday, April 17, 2018

inorganic chemistry - Oxygen and sulfur bonding


Why does oxygen form a double bond in $\ce{O2}$ but sulfur, also from group 16, forms single bonds in $\ce{S8}$?




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periodic trends - Comparing radii in lithium, beryllium, magnesium, aluminium and sodium ions

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