Collocations withatom

These are words often used in combination withatom.

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carbon atom
The hybrid was of two different kinds of orbitals combined to produce the characteristics of a carbon atom.
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chlorine atom
This is because the atomic radius of an atom of iodine is much larger than that of a chlorine atom.
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component atom
This is a list of molecules that have been detected in the interstellar medium and circumstellar envelopes, grouped by the number of component atoms.
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constituent atoms
Between the atoms the interaction becomes the free energy of the representative atoms, averaging over the motion of the constituent atoms of each element.
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fluorine atom
The fluoride ion is a fluorine atom which has gained an electron.
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halogen atom
In this reaction a hydrogen atom is removed from the alkane, then replaced by a halogen atom by reaction with a diatomic halogen molecule.
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hydrogen atom
When a hydrogen atom is abstracted from the methyl group, the cyclopropane ring of the radical produced opens up in a fast and irreversible step.
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individual atom
It could be added that atomic weight is often not truly atomic either, as it does not correspond to the property of any individual atom.
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iron atom
The initial electron from a ferredoxin molecule can be transferred via the iron-sulfur center directly to the disulfide that is in close contact with one iron atom of the cluster.
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metal atom
The more carbon atoms are attached to the central metal atom the weaker the bond.
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neutral atom
Along its path from the hollow cathode region toward the anode, an electron may collide with a neutral atom/molecule to produce collisional ionization.
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nitrogen atom
First, compounds derived from tryptamine, or from ring-hydroxy tryptamines which have been substituted at the nitrogen atom of the side chain by an alkyl group or groups.
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oxygen atom
A thiosemicarbazide is an analog with a sulfur atom in place of the oxygen atom.
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radioactive atom
In other words, the "probability" of a radioactive atom decaying within its half-life is 50%.
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silicon atom
A silicon atom has four electrons in the valence band; phosphorus has five such electrons, and boron three.
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silver atom
Films are "developed" using solutions that reduce silver halides in the presence of free silver atoms.
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single atom
To study the behavior of macrovariables, physicists do not describe the dynamic pattern of every single atom.
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sodium atom
Consider the level 2 "p" of a sodium atom, in which there are six indiscernible electrons.
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uranium atom
The electrons are donated into empty atomic orbitals on the uranium atom.
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