Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure
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Electron Domain Geometry
Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure
degrees
The spatial arrangement of all electron domains — bonding and lone pairs alike — around a central atom.
Electron Sea Model
Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure
Dimensionless
The model of metallic bonding in which fixed cations are immersed in a mobile cloud of delocalised valence electrons.
Expanded Octet
Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure
Dimensionless
A bonding arrangement in which a central atom is surrounded by more than eight valence electrons.