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Calculating the tetrahedral bond angle using spherical polars and the dot product

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Glaister, P. (1993) Calculating the tetrahedral bond angle using spherical polars and the dot product. Journal of Chemical Education, 70 (7). pp. 546-547. ISSN 0021-9584 doi: 10.1021/ed070p546

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A proof using the methane tetrahedroid bond angle can be obtained by using spherical polar coordinates to calculate the Cartesian coordinates of the hydrogen atoms, then using the dot product of vectors.

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Item Type Article
URI https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/23689
Identification Number/DOI 10.1021/ed070p546
Refereed Yes
Divisions Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Publisher The American Chemical Society
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