Lojcs@lemm.ee to 196English · 5 days agoRadicallemm.eeimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up198file-text
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minus-squareTheThrillOfTime@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·5 days agoRadical in chemistry can mean an unpaired electron. So the top electron in this diagram is unpaired, hence it’s called a “radical”
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoOh you saved me from trying to interpret the symbologies involved here. 💙
minus-squareNat (she/they)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 days agoThis is the Lewis dot structure of a radical atom if I’m remembering my chemistry correctly
what it mean?
Radical in chemistry can mean an unpaired electron. So the top electron in this diagram is unpaired, hence it’s called a “radical”
Oh you saved me from trying to interpret the symbologies involved here. 💙
This is the Lewis dot structure of a radical atom if I’m remembering my chemistry correctly