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A fundamental law of electrostatics is that opposite charges attract. Electrons carry a negative charge, and protons carry a positive one. The positive charge on the nucleus "captures" the electron and they take up station in an orbital. The electron has too much energy to give it up and collapse into the nucleus, so it hangs out in the electron cloud with other electrons.
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Which electron is on average further from the nucleus an electron in a 3p orbital or an electron in a 4p orbital?
An electron in a 2s orbital is on average closer to the nucleus.
What information does the third quantum number of electron give?
The specific orbital the electron is in
What does electron orbital describe?
An electron orbital describes the most probable region that an electron occupies outside the nucleus
What is an orbital in science?
Orbital describes space where electron is found. it provides probability for the presence of electron.
What is penetration effect?
Electron in s-orbital is closer to nucleus than electron in p-orbital and electron in p-orbital is closer to nucleus than electron in d-orbital and so on. So,more energy is requried to remove electron from s-orbital than electron in p-orbital in spite of both having same principal quantum number. Similarly, p orbital will require more energy than d-orbital. this is called penetrating effect. it decreases in order s>p>d>f>... Note that Orbital should have same "n"
From which orbital in a lithium atom is an electron transferred to make a positive ion?
An electron is lost from the 2s orbital
What information does the third quantum number of an electrons give?
The Specific orbital the electron is in
What is a electron cloud?
An electron cloud is an atomic orbital.
What are the maximum number of orbitals for an electron?
2 ELECTRONS in one orbital. (An electron can only be in one orbital at once)
What does the term electron orbital describe?
An atom can be categorized as units and subunits, to begin with a shell, in it we have subshells followed by orbitals, each orbital has different shapes, an orbital can have a maximum of 2 electrons, we can define an orbital as a region where the possibility of finding an electron is maximum.
What is another name for the electron shell?
Orbital x ray
The region outside the nucleus where an electron can most probably be found is?
The region outside the nucleus where electrons can most probably be found is called the Atomic Orbital. The Atomic Orbital is also known as the Electron Cloud.
