Acerca del status ontológico de las entidades químicas: el caso de los orbitales atómicos

The aim of the present paper is to analyze the problem of the relationship between chemistry and physics, by focusing on the widely discussed case of the atomic orbitals. We will begin by remembering the difference between the physical and the chemical interpretation of the concept of orbital. Then,...

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Main Authors: Martín Labarca, Olimpia Lombardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2010-12-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/1808-1711.2010v14n3p309/18708