@MartianCactus You can give a million reasons for why something is happening, and as long as it does not conflict with experimental data, it doesn't matter which is the correct rationalization, when scientific correctness doesn't matter.
And I've got to the realization that high school science does not care what is scientifically correct.
Why doesn't an answer have two vote buttons, one for the effort and one for the accuracy?
You know some people spend some time to answer questions and probably they answer the wrong way. So, why give them only down votes?
On many of the Stack Exchange sites, a significant proportion of questions are asked by unregistered users who are then unable to accept an answer to their question as correct. This is a massive disincentive to answering questions from unregistered users, given that the probability of reputation ...
I am currently in the process of connecting transition state (TS) structures to other minima in order to determine a reaction pathway. Now I understand the basic concepts of this method. You start with your TS, run an IRC in both the Forward and Reverse directions, then you optimize the final s...
In the story I’m working on, there is a strict ruleset on how magic works, one of the main points being it needs a “fuel” to work, and that “fuel” is VERY expensive. That being, most magicians uses their skills saving the most fuel possible. Against ordinary foes, without any magical abilities, t...
I have a 1-year multiple entry Schengen visa 90/180 issued by Italy.
Out of five trips, I used it twice to enter Italy. The other three times, I entered Germany but stayed once in Luxembourg and twice in Holland.
I arrived and departed from Germany because the flights there were cheaper.
My...
@Martin-マーチン There's a chance. I don't know if you can color bonds/atoms in a gradient shade, though -- you might only be able to do that with isosurfaces. I'd have to play with it.
@hBy2Py that's what i love about chemcraft... it seems to be the only program that supports nbo out of the box with no stupid creepy workarounds necessary
I have been thinking about energy levels of an atom. When we study line spectra of hydrogen atom we say that when electrons jumps back from a higher shell to a lower shell it emits photons of certain frequency, but in that example we say that hydrogen has infinite energy levels and electron can j...
@hBy2Py When we had to write reports for a new project, we usually got new doc templates from the electronic document management system that we were not supposed to change. Of course, the first thing was always to change the typographic mistakes and other Word settings. Apparently, people working in document managment don't know the first thing about Word and typography. :-|
@hBy2Py Yes, I totally agree. When I have to work with a document from another source, I usually have to correct many botched settings or other mistakes first. Often settings are abused for things that they are not intended for. Sometimes it is easier to copy the contents without formatting into a new clean document.
War is a really messy business.
Especially when you're talking about the Second World War. In every major human conflict that took place in the past two centuries, both sides of the conflict would, at some point, resort to these horrendous, inhumane atrocities that go against the conduct of war ...
@Kool I'll take a look at it and tell you (tomorrow perhaps?). Need to refer something before I say anything else...also there's what Brian said too. @hBy2Py I'll ping you tomorrow as well, so you can verify my answer ._.
C-H bond : 2.21e (~single) C-O bond : 3.91e (~double) O LPs : 3.66e (slightly deficient value for two lone pairs) C core : 2.09e (carbon 1s electrons, typical value) O core : 2.13e (oxygen 1s electrons, typical value)
Sure, I think I even have that already optimized somewhere...
Back on HCO+ briefly, the H-C bond is a standard covalent bond, but the C-O bond is somewhere between a charge-shift bond and a dative / coordinate covalent bond
Mmmm... the C-O bond in CO is very similar to the C-O bond in HCO+