symbols of radicals

When the cleavage of covalent bond between two atoms takes place in a manner, which enables each atom to retain one electron of the shared pair, it is known as homolytic fission. This fission is symmetrical and leads to the formation of atoms or groups of atoms having unpaired electrons, called fr..

Homolytic Fission When the cleavage of covalent bond between two atoms takes place in a manner, which enables each atom to retain one electron of the shared pair, it is known as homolytic fission. This fission is symmetrical and leads to the formation of atoms or groups of atoms having..

The symbol of an element is a short way of representing an element . Some symbols are named after the first capital letter of the English name of the element. When there is more than one element starting with the same English capital alphabet, the second letter is also used..

Remember : Atoms with variable valencies have their symbols same but are named differently. Example 1: Copper (Cu) has a variable valency of 1 and 2. It is shown as Cu + and Cu + + . Cu + is read as Cuprous and Cu + + is read as Cupric. Example 2: Ferrous (Fe + + ) and Ferric (Fe..