Of course, other groups are also of interest. Carbon, silicon, and germanium, for example, have similar chemistries and are in Group 4 (Group IV). Carbon, in particular, is extraordinary in its ability to form many types of bonds and to be part of long chains, such as inorganic molecules. The large group of what are called transitional elements is characterized by the filling of the
subshells and crossing of energy levels. Heavier groups, such as the lanthanide series, are more complex—their shells do not fill in simple order. But the groups recognized by chemists such as Mendeleev have an explanation in the substructure of atoms.
Phet explorations: build an atom
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Section summary
The state of a system is completely described by a complete set of quantum numbers. This set is written as
.
The Pauli exclusion principle says that no two electrons can have the same set of quantum numbers; that is, no two electrons can be in the same state.
This exclusion limits the number of electrons in atomic shells and subshells. Each value of
corresponds to a shell, and each value of
corresponds to a subshell.
The maximum number of electrons that can be in a subshell is
.
The maximum number of electrons that can be in a shell is
.
Conceptual questions
Identify the shell, subshell, and number of electrons for the following: (a)
. (b)
. (c)
. (d)
.
(a) If one subshell of an atom has 9 electrons in it, what is the minimum value of
? (b) What is the spectroscopic notation for this atom, if this subshell is part of the
shell?
Which of the following spectroscopic notations are allowed (that is, which violate none of the rules regarding values of quantum numbers)? (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(a) Using the Pauli exclusion principle and the rules relating the allowed values of the quantum numbers
, prove that the maximum number of electrons in a subshell is
.
(b) In a similar manner, prove that the maximum number of electrons in a shell is 2
n2 .
(a) The number of different values of
is
for each
and one for
Also an overall factor of 2 since each
can have
equal to either
or
.
(b) for each value of
, you get
to see that the expression in the box is
imagine taking
from the last term and adding it to first term
Now take
from penultimate term and add to the second term
.
Step 1: Find the mean. To find the mean, add up all the scores, then divide them by the number of scores. ...
Step 2: Find each score's deviation from the mean. ...
Step 3: Square each deviation from the mean. ...
Step 4: Find the sum of squares. ...
Step 5: Divide the sum of squares by n – 1 or N.
The sample of 16 students is taken. The average age in the sample was 22 years with astandard deviation of 6 years. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the age of the population.
Bhartdarshan' is an internet-based travel agency wherein customer can see videos of the cities they plant to visit. The number of hits daily is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 10,000 and a standard deviation of 2,400
a. what is the probability of getting more than 12,000 hits?
b. what is the probability of getting fewer than 9,000 hits?
Bhartdarshan'is an internet-based travel agency wherein customer can see videos of the cities they plan to visit. The number of hits daily is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 10,000 and a standard deviation of 2,400.
a. What is the probability of getting more than 12,000 hits