The Periodic Table

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user34388

1:14 AM

@MartianCactus what do you mean?

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orthocresol

6:57 AM

@ringo popularity on SE is really unpredictable

i guess this one is layman-accessible

so people must have come here via google

Q: Mysterious upvotes

I'm talking about one recent question: Has a carbon compound ever been found having an ionic bond? The question is quite trivial, so is my answer, and I expected it to get a modest sum of 2-3 upvotes over time. But 12? Flattering as it is, this just doesn't feel right. What kind of flashmob is t...

lack of good questions recently

ringo

7:24 AM

You've been climbing though I see ;)

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user34388

8:58 AM

Why does it increase across the groups?

user34388

9:19 AM

@orthocresol @MAFIA36790 Could you help me?

orthocresol

@ringo haha, turns out I don't really use those much... On the bright side I get to see every deleted answer

"Bright"

@user34388 chemguide should have something on it

go and search

user34388

@orthocresol Thanks

@orthocresol however, according to the orbital theories, doesn't an electron in O have less energy than C?

oh, so it takes more energy to remove the electron

chemguide mentions the shielding effect

(as well as the charge of the nucleus)

Does this confirm the half-orbital-stabilizing theory?

@orthocresol

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orthocresol

11:30 AM

is anybody free to help with some mathjax?

Q: Explination letter codes of quantum mechanics

I'm trying to find an explanation for the letter codes (X, A, B, C, etc) when you get a term symbol like this X3 Σ-g. Can anyone point me to some literature that explains these letter codes??