Recent content by BillX

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    Electron Configuration: Understanding and Calculating

    8 atoms leads to 8 electrons? typo or am I missing something? :) I think shells in this case means the energy level (or orbits in a bohr-rutherford diagram) and the formula, 2n^2, explains the total number of elections possible in the n shell. But if I understand your question correctly...
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    Programming and Computer Science Resources

    As a general site for help on things related to computers and programming... http://compsci.ca (Canada FTW lol)
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    Undergrad Alternate form of the quadratic formula

    I remember there was one way where if b is divisible by 2, you can use a simpler formula but I forgot what it was... like when ax2+bx+c=0; b is divisible by 2 I might be wrong though : )