Metallic Radii and Hybrid Bond Orbitals

Metallic Radii and Hybrid Bond Orbitals X 1-8. METALLIC RADII AND HYBRID BOND ORBITALS 

There arc some features of the coarse of the values in the sequences that merit comment. First, what is the cause of the rapid decrease in single-bond radius from potassium to chromium, and the corresponding decreases for the other sequences We may be sure that fcbis 

We conclude instead that the rapid decrease in radius from potassium to chromium is due to the nature of the bonding orbitals. It has been 

A set of empirical equations representing the single-bond radius of a transition element as a function of atomic number and degree of hybridization of the bond orbitals has been formulated.28 These 

The nature of the bond orbitals (p, sp f sp with some contribution of d) for the hyperelect. tonic acorns (following nickel, palladium, and platinum) is a function of the valence. Values of the singie-boad radius for some values of the valence are given for those elements in Table 11-8. The use of these values will be illustrated later. 

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