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Diagram of the crystal structure of nickel arsenide showing blue spheres for arsenic atoms and yellow spheres for nickel atoms arranged in a repeating three-dimensional lattice, with lines indicating atomic bonds.

Diagram of a diborane molecule showing a three-center, two-electron bond where two boron atoms and a central hydrogen atom are connected by overlapping orbitals, with a pair of electrons shared among all three atoms.

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German Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, c. 1780.

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish chemist

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Joseph Loschmidt

Austrian chemist

Viktor Meyer

Viktor Meyer

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Jean-Charles Galissard de Marignac

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