In a little back street in Wilton, we find chemistry teachers Ebeneezer Jacobs, Ebeneezer Blizman, Ebeneezer Karas and Ebeneezer Gregory licking their tungstens with mercurial delight as they count their gold and silver collections from their students’ fees for broken glassware. “Praise, O Dimium!” the Ebeneezers shout. “Poor Marie Osmium, usually warm and iridium, has [...]

Case 1 (upper curve, antibonding)

Electrons are spinning in the same direction and repel each other.
As the moveable H atom is moved towards the fixed H atom, the first interaction, between each atom’s electrons, is repulsion, and the potential energy rises.
Since the electrons repel, they are pushed out of [...]

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series High School Chemistry

In this extra credit assignment, you will draw a picture of an important protein. Proteins are important to living organisms:
a. in a structural sense (membranes, connective tissue)
b. for transport mechanisms (hemoglobin)
c. for maintenance of fluid balance (blood serum [...]