How to pronounce“atom”in English
adjIf we pour the water into a frisbee, which is like a large atom, it has more space to move around and spread out.
Atom polarizability affects acidity and pKa, because this smeared-out-ness stabilizes negative charges.
It’s always useful to look at an example, so let's go back to phenol and compare it with its closely-related cousin thiophenol, which has a sulfur atom instead of an oxygen.
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Definitions of “atom”
The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
“Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the water-oxidizing complex, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.”
A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter.
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