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When the a planet moves around the sun, you can plot a definite path for it which is called an orbit. A simple view of the atom looks similar and you may have pictured the electrons as orbiting around the nucleus. The truth is different, an...
http://www.answers.com/topic/atomic-orbital Atomic orbitals are cloud like structures around the nucleus of an atom that contain the atoms electrons. There are s, p, d, and f orbitals. S contain up to 2 electrons, P contain up to 6 electron...
No. An orbital is not a "thing", it is region in the "space" around the nucleus where up to two electrons may be found. It is the result of a mathematical formulation. An orbital is called a "probability density"...
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Sandy, that's actually a really good question, and it goes to the heart of the use of models in chemistry. Remember that a model is a human construction, a representation which we use to help us to understand the real world. The critical te...
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They use the tools of.... quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics states that all systems (an atom being a simple system with protons and neutrons surrounded by a collection of electrons) can be described by a mathematical function (the wavefu...
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l are the same for each plot and Z eff increases from boron to fluorine, we predict that the electron density clouds will decrease in size across the second period. To test this hypothesis we will construct contour plots for the 2p atomic o...
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When an atom is in its "ground state," its electrons fill the lowest energy orbitals! Thanks for asking ChaCha.
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Im sure there can be up to a hundred or so, since some atoms have 300 electrons
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An atomic orbital is a mathematical description of the region in which an electron may be found around a single atom.[1] Specifically, atomic orbitals are the possible quantum states of the individual electrons in the electron cloud around ...
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The Example of Methane and Its SP3 Orbitals An atom consists of two components - a nucleus and its orbiting electrons. Nuclei contain neutrons and protons bound together by nuclear force. Electrons travel in well-defined orbits outside the ...
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