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  2. Dodecahedral molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    This shape has D 2d symmetry and is one of the three common shapes for octacoordinate transition metal complexes, along with the square antiprism and the bicapped trigonal prism. [1] [2] One example of the dodecahedral molecular geometry is the Mo(CN) 4− 8 ion. [2]

  3. Bent's rule - Wikipedia

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    Shape of water molecule showing that the real bond angle 104.5° deviates from the ideal sp 3 angle of 109.5°. In chemistry, Bent's rule describes and explains the relationship between the orbital hybridization and the electronegativities of substituents. [1] [2] The rule was stated by Henry A. Bent as follows: [2]

  4. Crystal polymorphism - Wikipedia

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    Phase transitions (phase changes) that help describe polymorphism include polymorphic transitions as well as melting and vaporization transitions. According to IUPAC, a polymorphic transition is "A reversible transition of a solid crystalline phase at a certain temperature and pressure (the inversion point) to another phase of the same chemical composition with a different crystal structure."

  5. Recognition-by-components theory - Wikipedia

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    The recognition-by-components theory suggests that there are fewer than 36 geons which are combined to create the objects we see in day-to-day life. [3] For example, when looking at a mug we break it down into two components – "cylinder" and "handle". This also works for more complex objects, which in turn are made up of a larger number of geons.

  6. Constructive solid geometry - Wikipedia

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    These half-spaces are used to describe primitives that can be combined to get the final model. [7] Another approach decouples the detection of primitive shapes and the computation of the CSG tree that defines the final model. This approach exploits the ability of modern program synthesis tools to find a CSG tree with minimal complexity. [8]

  7. List of important publications in chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Importance: Topic creator; historian Bill Bryson states, in his A Short History of Nearly Everything, that Gibbs’ Equilibrium paper is "the Principia of thermodynamics". [19] In addition, this paper, in many ways, functions as the mathematical foundation of physical chemistry .

  8. Molecular symmetry - Wikipedia

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    Symmetry elements of formaldehyde. C 2 is a two-fold rotation axis. σ v and σ v ' are two non-equivalent reflection planes.. In chemistry, molecular symmetry describes the symmetry present in molecules and the classification of these molecules according to their symmetry.

  9. Fullerene - Wikipedia

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    The paper was published in 1973, [14] but the scientific community did not give much importance to this theoretical prediction. Around 1980, Sumio Iijima identified the molecule of C 60 from an electron microscope image of carbon black , where it formed the core of a particle with the structure of a "bucky onion".