Electrical charge in atom

After Helmholtz had accustomed chemists and physicists to the idea of definite electrical charges in atoms, J. J. Thomson said ... 

It has become recognized during recent years that the color of dyes is associated with the resonance of electric charge from atom to atom of the dye molecule.2,3> 4 6 6 Because of the complexity of the problem, however, it has not been easy to expand this idea into a theory of color permitting the rough quantitative calculation of the frequencies and intensities of the absorption bands of dyes. I have now developed a theory of this nature the theory and some of the results of its application are described briefly in the following paragraphs. 

The concept of the oxidation state of an element in a chemical compound has a long and confusing history. In the most pretentious form of the concept the oxidation state or oxidation number is the electrical charge localised on the concerned atom in the compound. Confusion arises when we realise that the definition of the atomic domain is arbitrary and the experimental determination of the electrical charge in the once chosen domain is often problematic. 

Figure 1. Bottom panel OH stretch frequencies, to , for water clusters and the surrounding point charges, versus electric field ) (in atomic units). The solid line is the best quadratic fit. Top panel Dipole derivative, / ], (relative to the gas phase value) for water clusters and the surrounding point charges, versus electric field ). The solid line is the best linear fit.

For ions, the valence equals the electrical charge. In molecules, the various atoms are assigned charge-like values so the sum of the oxidation numbers equals the charge on the molecule. For example, in the 412 molecule, each Fd has an oxidation number of + 1, and the O is —2. 

Two of the most common secondary structures found in proteins are helical and pleated-sheet conformations, shown in the diagram above. One might compare the helical structure of a protein, for example, with the spiral-shaped cord found on many home telephones. These structures form when atoms, ions, or other chemical species in one part of the protein s primary structure are attracted to other atoms, ions, or chemical species with opposite electrical charges in another part of the structure. 

In the early years of the nineteenth century, the new chemistry began to bear fruit on both sides of the Channel,270 as well as in other countries, notably in Sweden. The chemical atomic theory proposed by Dalton and developed by Berzelius led to the formulation of the stoichiometric laws of chemical combination and the diligent search for accurate atomic weights. The important link between atoms and electrical charges in the early years of the nineteenth century enabled a new interpretation of chemical combination and the theory of valency. Significant improvements in... 

In order to overcome this difficulty, one may admit that instead of opposite electrical charges on atoms 3a and 6a, there exists a double... 

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