Key Discoveries in Chemical Bonding

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Chemical Bonding

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Study of how atoms combine to form molecules

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1808

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John Dalton's atomic theory

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John Dalton

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Proposed atoms as indivisible particles

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1916

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Gilbert Lewis's octet rule

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Gilbert Lewis

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Introduced electron pair bonds

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Octet Rule

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Atoms tend to have 8 electrons in valence shell

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1919

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Irving Langmuir's work on chemical bonds

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Irving Langmuir

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Expanded on Lewis's ideas

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1927

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Heitler and London's quantum mechanics in bonding

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Heitler and London

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Applied quantum mechanics to chemical bonding