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Offline transgalactic

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how to describe this bond..
« on: January 24, 2009, 06:22:50 AM »
Fe=[Ar]3p^6 4s^2 it needs to give 7 electrons to become neutral.
S=[Ne]3S^2 3p^4   it needs to take 2 electrons to become neutral.


how to describe [itex]Fe_2 S_3[/itex] ??
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Re: how to describe this bond..
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2009, 07:32:06 AM »
Transition metal compounds are often difficult to describe simply by looking at stable octets. Look into stability of full and half full shells and related topics.
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Re: how to describe this bond..
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2009, 08:17:10 AM »
how to solve it?
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Re: how to describe this bond..
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2009, 07:25:47 AM »
Well, what is the oxidation state of Fe? of S?
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