Kenneth Wade
Encyclopedia
Kenneth Wade, FRS is a British chemist
, and professor emeritus at Durham University
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He graduated from Nottingham University, and Cornell University
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Wade's Rules, also known as Polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory
, are a set of electron counting rules to predict the shapes of borane clusters.
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
, and professor emeritus at Durham University
Durham University
The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
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He graduated from Nottingham University, and Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
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Wade's Rules, also known as Polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory
Polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory
In chemistry the polyhedral skeletal electron pair theory provides electron counting rules useful for predicting the structures of clusters such as borane and carborane clusters. The electron counting rules were originally formulated by Kenneth Wade and were further developed by D. M. P. Mingos and...
, are a set of electron counting rules to predict the shapes of borane clusters.
External links
- "Collection of articles dedicated to Professor Ken Wade, F.R.S. in celebration of his seventy-fifth birthday", Dalton Transactions, 3 April 2008