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What is the most stable outer orbital arrangement of electrons after a chemical reaction?
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The most stable outer orbital arrangement of electrons after a chemical reaction is 8 electrons. This is referred to as the octet rule in representative elements.
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What is an atom's electron configuration?
The arrangement of electrons in an atom.
What is meant by orbital?
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.
Why does 4s orbital start filling while 3p orbital is empty?
The electrons fill in the lowest energy orbital that is available. Electrons in the 4s orbital have a lower energy level than electrons in the 3p orbital, so the 4s orbitals are filled with electrons first.
Electrons in an orbital with l equals 3 are in what orbital?
an f orbital
How many electrons maximum can be in one orbital?
There can only be 2 electrons in each single orbital, and they will be on opposite sides of the electron cloud (orbital).
Does gold have the tendency to lose or gain electrons in a chemical reaction?
Gold will lose electrons because it has two valence electrons in the S orbital
What does electron accounting mean?
The counting & tracking of electrons during reaction mechanisms using electron configurations & orbital diagrams for example. Following the movement of electrons within & between chemical species.
What are the electrons in the outermost orbital used in chemical bonding called?
Valence electrons, the outer most shell.
What is an atom's electron configuration?
The arrangement of electrons in an atom.
How many electrons can a single orbital hold in the 3d level?
Yes a single orbital in the 3d level can hold 2 electrons.
What is meant by orbital?
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.
What is s valence electron?
It is the number of electrons on the outer level of the atom. There is a maximum of 8 valence electrons on one level.
Why does 4s orbital start filling while 3p orbital is empty?
The electrons fill in the lowest energy orbital that is available. Electrons in the 4s orbital have a lower energy level than electrons in the 3p orbital, so the 4s orbitals are filled with electrons first.
How many electrons can be in the S orbital?
The S orbital contains a maximum of two electrons
Electrons in an orbital with l equals 3 are in what orbital?
an f orbital
How many electrons are in an antibonding orbital?
The first orbit only has an S orbital. The S orbital can hold 2 electron. The second orbit has s and p orbitals. The p orbital can hold 8 electrons The third orbit has s, p, and d orbitals. The d orbital hold 10 electrons giving a total of 18. However the 3d orbital has a higher energy level than 4s so the 4s orbital is filled with electrons before you can put electrons in the 3d orbital. The fourth orbital has s,p,d,and f. The f orbital can hold 14 electrons. This gives a total of 32 electrons. However the 4f orbital is higher in energy than the 5s, 5p, and 62 orbitals. Therefore these orbitals must be filled first. The fifth, sixth and seventh orbitals are similar to the fourth.
How many shells are there in Nitrogen?
there are two shells of electrons in the nitrogen atom that actually have electrons in them, nitrogen has two electrons in the first shell, the S orbital, and five in the outer shell, the P orbital. this causes nitrogen to have a valence shell with five electrons.
