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Lewis framed chemical bonding using valence electrons and shared electron pairs, providing a practical way to reason about molecular structure.
Scientific scope
Lewis framed chemical bonding using valence electrons and shared electron pairs, providing a practical way to reason about molecular structure. Scope limitation: This records the 1916 bonding proposal rather than a complete quantum theory of molecules. Publisher metadata and a Berkeley institutional account were read; the full original article was not obtained.
Evidence
Assessment uses the catalogue-linked source evidence for the stated contribution. This records the 1916 bonding proposal rather than a complete quantum theory of molecules. Publisher metadata and a Berkeley institutional account were read; the full original article was not obtained.
Contributors
- Gilbert N. Lewis · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- THE ATOM AND THE MOLECULE.
- THE ATOM AND THE MOLECULE. — deposited bibliography
- Berkeley College of Chemistry on the 1916 formulation
Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.
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