Posted by Kim on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 1:51am.
It's an easy way to visualize atoms and molecules. Everyone knows it isn't totally accurate but it's difficult to talk about bonding when we can't see them. The ball and stick models serve a useful purpose.
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