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What is meant by orbital?

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An orbital is the orbit (energy level) in which the electron spins around an atom. The arrangement of electrons in the outer orbitals determines the physical and chemical characteristics of an element.

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Areas within an energy level that are occupied by electrons !:)💞
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Areas within an energy level that are occupied by electrons

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Orbit is the word for the pathway along which heavenly bodies will revolve around other bodies

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Orbit is the word for the pathway along which heavenly bodies will revolve around other bodies.

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An orbital can be a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital).

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It is the time in which planets orbit the sun.


What is meant by when there are two lone electons?

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