Chemistry A-Level
charge clouds
What charge clouds means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of charge clouds
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Regions of negative charge that each pair of outer-shell electrons around the central atom is treated as.
Topics that use charge clouds
- Shapes of simple molecules and ions (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Electron pair repulsion
- lone pairs closing bond angles
- minimising repulsion
- order of repulsion strengths
- adjusting for charge
- angles in ions
- base bond angles
- bonding pairs
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