Recent content by dolimitless

Can someone explain to me the fundamental understanding of why, when two hydrogen atoms for example, release energy when they form a covalent bond? I can't seem to comprehend. Here is my reasoning, please see if this makes any sense of I am simply going in the wrong direction, I would really...

Why are all atoms in constant motion? It is just a fundamental phenomena of our world? Can someone explain the theory behind this? Why does decreasing/increasing the "temperature" affect the speed (kinetic energy) of atoms? Again, can someone explain the fundamental theory behind this?

Im guessing it's something to do with their metallic bonding of sorts?

Hi. I know this is a pretty basic principle, however I'm fairly new to the subject and was wondering if anyone is able to give a brief 'layman' explanation of why, as Planck's law states, at lower wavelengths the blackbody radiation falls to zero rather than continuing to climb as stated in the...

I don't get how ionization is an endothermic reaction. In an endothermic Reactions: the reactants have less potential energy than do the products. Energy must be input in order to raise the particles up to the higher energy level. The ionization energy, is the energy required to completely...

Also similarly, why do electrons have less potential energy when closer to the nucleus? Please can someone help me and explain in laymen's terms? I don't understand it. I know when electrons are separated by large distances, they are less likely to interact with the positive charge of the...

I don't get this. How are all the orbitals representations just of an single electron system? Why is it in my chemistry textbook and when people talk about orbitals it shows that in order to go on to say, the 3s sublevel, you have to fill two electrons for 1s shell, then the 6 electrons for the...

I don’t understand why the arrangement of electrons around an atom (the electron cloud) orientates itself around the nucleus in different shapes i.e, spherical, dumbbell shape, etc? I know electrons have wavelike properties but I can’t picture in my head why, after two electrons, why they...