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inert pair effects

inert pair effects is the plural of inert pair effect.

Meaning of inert pair effect

Noun

inert pair effect (plural inert pair effects)

  1. The tendency of the two electrons in the outermost atomic s-orbital to remain unshared in compounds of post-transition metals.

Questions about inert pair effects

What is inert pair effects the plural of?
Inert pair effects is the plural of inert pair effect.

Words near inert pair effects in the dictionary

  1. inert gas narcosis
  2. inert gases
  3. inert neutrino
  4. inert neutrinos
  5. inert pair effect
  6. inert pair effects
  7. inertagram
  8. inertagrams
  9. inertance
  10. inertances
  11. inerted

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