English Explanatory Dictionary

inert pair effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

inert pair effect inert pair effects
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