ORBITALS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY, PART II: MATHEMATICAL REALITIES

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Autor(a) principal: Lamoureux,Guy
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Ogilvie,John F.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Química Nova (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422021000300348
Resumo: In Part II of a three-part series, we discuss two factors absent from textbooks of general chemistry that are important in a discussion of teaching orbitals. First, atomic orbitals are shown systematically to comprise algebraic formulae in coordinates of not one but four sets (spherical polar, paraboloidal, ellipsoidal, spheroconical coordinates). Each formula has its corresponding shape as a surface of constant amplitude; some visual examples are provided. Second, the argument that molecular structure is incompatible with quantum mechanics is presented. Despite the utility of orbitals as mathematical functions in various calculations, they are intrinsically complicated for the traditional purpose of qualitative explanation of molecular structure.
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title ORBITALS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY, PART II: MATHEMATICAL REALITIES
spellingShingle ORBITALS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY, PART II: MATHEMATICAL REALITIES
Lamoureux,Guy
teaching general chemistry
orbitals
quantum mechanics
molecular structure
title_short ORBITALS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY, PART II: MATHEMATICAL REALITIES
title_full ORBITALS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY, PART II: MATHEMATICAL REALITIES
title_fullStr ORBITALS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY, PART II: MATHEMATICAL REALITIES
title_full_unstemmed ORBITALS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY, PART II: MATHEMATICAL REALITIES
title_sort ORBITALS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY, PART II: MATHEMATICAL REALITIES
author Lamoureux,Guy
author_facet Lamoureux,Guy
Ogilvie,John F.
author_role author
author2 Ogilvie,John F.
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Lamoureux,Guy
Ogilvie,John F.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv teaching general chemistry
orbitals
quantum mechanics
molecular structure
topic teaching general chemistry
orbitals
quantum mechanics
molecular structure
description In Part II of a three-part series, we discuss two factors absent from textbooks of general chemistry that are important in a discussion of teaching orbitals. First, atomic orbitals are shown systematically to comprise algebraic formulae in coordinates of not one but four sets (spherical polar, paraboloidal, ellipsoidal, spheroconical coordinates). Each formula has its corresponding shape as a surface of constant amplitude; some visual examples are provided. Second, the argument that molecular structure is incompatible with quantum mechanics is presented. Despite the utility of orbitals as mathematical functions in various calculations, they are intrinsically complicated for the traditional purpose of qualitative explanation of molecular structure.
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