submicroscopic level

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(molecular level) explanatory ideas at the level of quanticles – molecules, ions, electrons etc. (cf. macroscopic level; symbolic level)

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Ionic bonding – where the electron's transferred to complete the outer shell
Foundations for Teaching Chemistry
Sodium and chlorine don't actually overlap or anything
The assumption of initial atomicity
A molecule is a bit of a particle – or vice versa

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Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge. View all posts by Keith