Sentences with phrase «octet rule»
One of the most ubiquitous is the «octet rule,» which states that each atom in a molecule that is produced by a chemical reaction will have eight outer orbiting electrons.
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Other molecules that violate the octet rule have been observed before, but the UCLA study is among the first to observe such a molecule using tools from physics — namely lasers, ion traps and ultra-cold atom traps.
However, when the UCLA scientists added a second metal atom to the mix, a new molecule, BaOCa +, which no longer satisfied the octet rule, had been formed.