Atomic orbital — The shapes of the first five atomic orbitals: 1s, 2s, 2px, 2py, and 2pz. The colors show the wave function phase. These are graphs of ψ(x,y,z) functions which depend on the coordinates of one electron. To see the elongated shape of ψ(x,y,z)2… … Wikipedia
Linear combination of atomic orbitals molecular orbital method — A linear combination of atomic orbitals or LCAO is a quantum superposition of atomic orbitals and a technique for calculating molecular orbitals in quantum chemistry [Huheey, James. Inorganic Chemistry:Principles of Structure and Reactivity ] .… … Wikipedia
Atomic theory — Atomic model redirects here. For the unrelated term in mathematical logic, see Atomic model (mathematical logic). This article is about the historical models of the atom. For a history of the study of how atoms combine to form molecules, see… … Wikipedia
Orbital hybridisation — Four sp3 orbitals. Three sp2 orbitals. In … Wikipedia
AO method — atominių orbitalių metodas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. AO method; atomic orbital method vok. AO Methode, f; Atomorbitalmethode, f rus. АО метод, m; метод атомных орбиталей, m pranc. méthode des orbitales atomiques, f; méthode O.A … Fizikos terminų žodynas
Atomic whirl — The atomic whirl is the logo of the American Atheists, and has come to be used as a symbol of atheism in general.The well known symbol of an atom, showing the orbital paths of electrons around the central nucleus is used by the American Atheists… … Wikipedia
Molecular orbital — See also: Molecular orbital theory In chemistry, a molecular orbital (or MO) is a mathematical function describing the wave like behavior of an electron in a molecule. This function can be used to calculate chemical and physical properties such… … Wikipedia
Molecular orbital diagram — A molecular orbital diagram, or MO diagram for short, is a qualitative descriptive tool explaining chemical bonding in molecules in terms of molecular orbital theory in general and the Linear combination of atomic orbitals molecular orbital… … Wikipedia
Molecular orbital theory — In chemistry, molecular orbital (MO) theory is a method for determining molecular structure in which electrons are not assigned to individual bonds between atoms, but are treated as moving under the influence of the nuclei in the whole… … Wikipedia
Hückel method — The Hückel method or Hückel molecular orbital method (HMO) proposed by Erich Hückel in 1930, is a very simple linear combination of atomic orbitals molecular orbitals (LCAO MO) method for the determination of energies of molecular orbitals of pi… … Wikipedia