0
What else can I help you with?
What is the arrangement of electrons in the electron cloud?
The electron configuration of an atom is the arrangement of electrons in the electron cloud around the nucleus of the atom. This is an indication of the different orbitals that are occupied by electrons in the atom.
What is magnesium's highest occupied energy level?
Magnesium is 1s22s22p63s2 and so the 3rd energy level is the highest occupied level.
Where do electrons tend to settle?
Electrons tend to settle in energy levels around an atom's nucleus. These energy levels are called orbitals, which can hold a specific number of electrons based on their energy. Electrons will fill the lowest energy levels first before moving to higher energy levels.
Do electrons actually spin in an atom?
No, electrons do not actually spin like a spinning top in an atom. Their movement is better described as orbiting or moving around the nucleus in specific energy levels.
If an atom is mostly empty space what keeps other matter from moving through the space inside an atom?
The empty space within an atom is not truly "empty" but is occupied by the nucleus and electrons. These particles interact through electromagnetic forces that repel other matter from moving through the space inside an atom. The forces between the particles maintain the structure and integrity of the atom.
How are electrons in atom organized?
Electrons occupied certain discrete energy levels around the nucleus.
How does a Bohr model illustrate electron placement within an atom?
The Bohr model demonstrates electron placement by showing electrons orbiting the nucleus in specific energy levels, or "shells". Each shell can only accommodate a certain number of electrons, with the electrons closest to the nucleus having lower energy levels. The model helps us understand how electrons are organized and distributed within an atom.
What type of bonds involves constantly moving electrons?
A metallic bond has free electrons that can move around the metall atom lattice. Note that electrons never stop moving so all bonds involve constantly moving electrons, including ionic.
Which scientist pictured the atom as having a central nucleus with electrons moving around it in well defined paths?
the paths of moving electrons are called rings or shells
What name is given to the particles moving around the shells of an atom?
electrons.
What are Negatively charged particles moving around outside a nucleus?
Negatively charged particles moving around outside a nucleus are electrons. Electrons orbit the nucleus of an atom in specific energy levels, creating the electron cloud. The number and arrangement of electrons influence an element's chemical properties.
What does a turbine spin around to make electrons flow in a wire?
Not around... moving THROUGH a magnetic field forces electrons to flow through a wire.
What is required for electricity and magnetism?
Electricity is the movement of electrons between atoms. Magnetism only exists around moving electrons.
What keeps electrons moving around the nucleus?
Electrons move around the nucleus due to the attractive force between the positively charged protons in the nucleus and the negatively charged electrons. This force, called electrostatic attraction, keeps the electrons in orbit around the nucleus.
What are moving electrons known as?
Moving electrons are known as electric current.
Who created an equation that treated electrons moving around nuclei as waves?
He was De-Brogli
Where do electrons moving along the inner membrane move to?
Electrons move around the nucleus of an atom or are exchaned between them. They do not move along membranes
