How are electrons arranged?

Answer 1

The electrons are arranged in the 'Electron Shells' that are like the planets path in the solar system, but they have more 'planets' if you will. These shells revolve around the nueclus (i presume you know what that is). The first shell (labled K) have two electrons, The next (L) has 8, then (M) has 18, (N) has 32, (O) has 50, and last known (P) has 72. And there is no pattern and no known Q shell. And although each shell may have these many, if they're the outter and last shell they can only have 8 in them, so they will have to lose ore gain more to become stable.

Answer 2

Electrons are arranged by a ELECTRON DOT DIAGRAM.

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Electrons are distributed in various energy states known as orbitals and suborbitals. The actual placement of electrons depends on the element, i.e., the number of protons in the nucleus. There are rules that can be used to determine how electrons are arranged, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_configuration or any textbook on chemistry.

Electrons can move between energy states by interacting with other electrons (in other atoms) or with photons of light. The difference in energy between these two states is carried by the interacting particle. For example, a passing photon of the right energy might be absorbed by an electron, promoting it to a higher energy state (orbital), where it remains for a certain period of time, then perhaps decaying back to the lower level by emiting a new photon. When all the electrons in an atom are in the lowest energy levels, the atom is said to be in its ground state.
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Answer 3

Sorry but this is hard to describe as quantum mechanics is involved. This makes the actual locations of the electrons impossible to determine, only a probability function can be produced.

The electrons are arranged in orbitals that can contain at most 2 electrons. These orbitals are named by convention: s, p, d, f, and g. Each electron has a series of quantum numbers corresponding to its spin and the orbital it resides in and every electron in an atom must have those quantum numbers different from all the other electrons in the same atom. The "shapes" of these orbitals are strange: s orbitals are spheres, p orbitals are sort of hourglass shaped, but the d, f, and g orbitals are impossible to describe in words and even hard to visualize from a drawing.

The orbitals are organized in shells, in a given shell there can be only 1 s orbital, up to 3 p orbitals, up to 5 d orbitals, up to 7 f orbitals, and up to 9 g orbitals. The first shell can only have an s orbital, the second shell can have an s orbital and p orbitals, the third shell can have an s orbital, p orbitals, and d orbitals, the fourth shell can have an s orbital, p orbitals, d orbitals, and f orbitals, and the fifth shell can have an s orbital, p orbitals, d orbitals, f orbitals, and g orbitals. In each shell the s and p orbitals are the outermost orbitals, providing the valence electrons which are responsible for the chemical properties of atoms.

Electrons can be excited causing them to leave their normal "ground state" orbital and move to an empty position (quantum numbers) in a higher energy orbital, or to leave the atom completely (creating an ionized atom or ion). When electrons "fall back" into the empty position (quantum numbers) in a lower energy orbital energy is released. These energy transfer events are caused by absorption or emission of photons (i.e. light) respectively.
It is very important to realize that the electrons do not follow identifiable deterministic paths in their orbital. They can be anywhere at anytime, their "movement" is probabilistic (even noncontinuous) following the rules of quantum mechanics!

Answer 4

Electrons are arranged in specific energy levels or shells around the nucleus of an atom. These levels can hold a certain number of electrons based on their energy. Electrons fill the lowest energy levels first before moving to higher ones.

Answer 5

Electrons move around the atomic nucleus and are arranged on energy levels.

Answer 6

Its Outer Energy Level

Answer 7

In electron clouds.

Answer 8

They are arranged in valence orbits.

Answer 9

arranged