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1
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What is an electronic structure?

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arrangement and energy of electrons

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What is electromagnetic radiation?

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form of energy that has wave characterisitics and that propagates through a vacuum at the speed of light

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What is the value for the speed of light?

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c = 3.00 * 10^8 m/s

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What are the 3 characteristics of waves?

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peak | trough | wavelength

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What is a wavelength (lambda)?

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distance between 2 adjacent peaks or troughs

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What is frequency (v)?

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number of complete wavelengths, or cycles that pass a given point each second

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What is the unit for frequency?

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Hertz (Hz) = cycles per second

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What velocity do all electromagnetic radiation travels at?

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speed of light! 3.00*10^8 m/s

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What length and unit does X-ray radiation have?

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e-10 | Å angstroms

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What length and unit do ultraviolet/visible radaition have?

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e-9 | nanometer (nm)

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What length and unit do infrared radiation have?

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e-6 | micrometer (um)

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What length and unit do microwaves have?

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e-3 to e-2 | milimeter (mm) to centimeters (cm)

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What length and unit do television/radio waves have?

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1 meter (m)

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What length and unit do radio waves have?

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e3 | kilometer (km)

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What are the 3 phenomenons of light?

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blackbody radiation | photoelectric effect | emission spectra

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What is blackbody radiation?

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emisison of light from hot objects

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Who is Max Planck?

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explained energy by assuming that it comes in packets called “quanta”

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What is quantum?

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smallest quantity of energy that can be emitted or absorbed as electromagnetic radiation

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What is the equation Planck proposed about energy?

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E = h(Planck’s constant) v(frequency)

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What is the value of Planck’s constant?

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h = 6.626*10^-23 Js

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Who explained the photoelectric phenomenon?

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Einstein using quanta

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What is the photoelectric effect?

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the light (photon) has an energy (E=hv) that makes the electrons on the metal surface emit off of it

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What is a photon?

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particle of energy

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What is a continuous spectrum?

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continuous range of rainbow colors containing light of all wavelengths

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What is a spectrum?

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produced when radiation from a polychromatic source is separated into component wavelengths

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What is a line spectrum?

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radiation of only specific wavelengths observed from energy emitted by atoms and molecules

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What is the wavelength for VIOLET?

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410 nm

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What is the wavelength for BLUE?

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434 nm

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What is the wavelength for BLUE-GREEN?

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486 nm

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What is the wavelength for RED?

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656 nm

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Who is Johann Balmer?

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discovered a simple formula relating the 4 wavelengths observed of the hydrogen spectrum to integers

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Who is Johannes Rydberg?

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Physicist that advanced Balmer’s formula

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What is Balmer’s equation?

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(1/lambda) = (Rh) ( (1/(nf^2)) - (1/(ni^2)) )

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What is “Rh” in Balmer’s equation and what is its value?

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Rydbergs constant | -2.18*10^-18 J

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What are the 3 postulates that the Bohr atomic model is based on?

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Electrons can only occupy certain orbits corresponding to certain energies | Electron in an orbit has an “allowed” energy won’t be radiated from the atom | Electron emits/absorbs energy when it moves energy states

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36
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What are the 3 limitations of the Bohr model?

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Only works for hydrogen | Bohr assumed electron won’t fall into (+)nucleus when physics says it would | Circular motion is not wave-like in nature

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What are the 2 ideas from the Bohr model that was incorporated into the current Atomic Model?

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Electrons exist only in certain energy levels | Energy is involved when electron moves from one level to another

38
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What is Bohr’s model of the atom?

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Visualizes the electron moving in a physical orbit, like planets around the sun

39
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What is the principal quantum number (n)

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Describes the energy level of an orbital | n 1

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What is the principal quantum number for the 1st allowed orbit?

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n = 1

41
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What is a ground state?

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Lowest (most negative) energy state = where the electron is MOST STABLE

42
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What is the excited state?

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The higher energy state that the electron moved into (less negative energy) = electron is NOT stable

43
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Who is Louis de Broglie?

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Theorized that if light can have material properties, matter should exhibit wave properties = demonstrated the relationship between mass and wavelength

44
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What is the relationship between mass and wavelength that de Broglie demonstrated?

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lambda = (h) / (mass*velocity)

45
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What is the equation for momentum?

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mass*velocity

46
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What are matter waves?

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Describes the wave characteristics of material particles

47
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Who is Werner Heisenberg?

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Proposed that the dual nature of matter places a fundamental limitation on how precisely we can know both the location AND momentum of an object at a give instant

48
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What was Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle?

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States that it is impossible for us to know simultaneously both the exact momentum and the location of an electron in space

49
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Who is Erwin Schrödinger?

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Developed quantum mechanics

50
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What is quantum mechanics?

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equation that incorporates both the wave and particle nature of matter

51
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What is a wave function?

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Math functions solving for Schrödinger’s equation for the hydrogen atom

52
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What is the symbol psi mean?

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Solution for Schrödinger’s wave equation

53
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What is (psi)^2?

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Gives the electron density

54
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What is electron density?

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Probability of where an electron is likely to be at any given time

55
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What is an orbital?

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A set of wave functions, each having a characteristic shape and energy visualized as electron clouds

56
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What are the 4 quantum numbers that the quantum mechanical model uses?

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Principal quantum number | Angular momentum quantum number | Magnetic quantum number | Spin quantum number

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What is the relationship between the principal quantum number (n) and orbital size?

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n increases = orbital size increases = electron-nucleus distance increases = electron’s energy increases

58
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What is the angular momentum quantum number (l)?

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Defines the shape of the orbital

59
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What are the values for the angular momentum quantum number (l)?

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l = n-1 | 0-s ; 1-p ; 2-d ; 3-f

60
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What is the magnetic quantum number (ml)?

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each ml number describes a 3D orientation of the orbital

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What are the values for the magnetic quantum number (ml)?

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-l ml l | ie: l = 2 ml = -2, -1, 0, 1, 2

62
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What is an electron shell?

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Formed from orbitals with the same principal quantum number (n)

63
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What is an electron subshell?

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Different orbital types (s, p, d, f) within a shell

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What is the spin magnetic quantum number (ms)?

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Describes the orbital’s magnetic field which affects its energy; 2 electrons in the same orbital don’t have the same energy

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What are the values for the spin quantum number (ms)?

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ms = -1/2 or +1/2

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What are the 3 observations due to the restrictions on possible values for n < 4?

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Shell with (n) consists of exactly (n) subshells | Each subshell has a specific number of orbitals | The number of orbitals in a shell is (n)^2

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What is the shape and quantum numbers for an s-orbital?

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Shape: sphere | l = 0 ; ml = 0

68
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What are nodes?

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Where there is zero probability ( psi^2 = 0) of finding an electron

69
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What is radial probability density?

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probability that the electron is at a specific distance from nucleus

70
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What is radial probabiltiy function?

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graph showing radial probability densities as a function of r (distance from nucleus)

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What is the shape and quantum numbers for a p-orbital?

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shape = dumbell (has 1 node in center) | l = 1 ; m = -1, 0, 1

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What is the shape and quantum number for a d-orbital?

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shape = four are a 4-leaf clover with one lobe in center, one is a dumbell with a donut on the middle near the node | l = 2 ; ml = -2, -1, 0, 1, 2

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What is the shape and quantum number for a f-orbital?

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shape = very complex | l = 3 ; ml = -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3

74
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What are degenerate orbitals?

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orbitals with the same energy (like 3p by itself is a degenrate orbital)

75
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What is the relationship between orbital energy and (l) for any given (n)?

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as (l) increases = orbital energy increases

76
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Order the spdf orbitals from low to high orbital energy

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s < p < d < f

77
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What is electron spin?

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electron behaves as if it were spinning on an axis = creating a magnetic field

78
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What is the Pauli exclusion principle?

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states that no 2 electrons in the same atom have the same quantum number combination

79
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Who discovered the Pauli exclusion principle?

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Wolfgang Pauli

80
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What does the Pauli exclusion principal conclude?

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an orbital can only hold 2 electrons that must have opposite spin

81
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What are the 3 things each component of an electron configuration must consist of?

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n, l orbital letter, and superscript ml (ie: 4s^2)

82
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What is Hund’s Rule?

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states that when filling degenerate orbitals, LOWEST energy is attained when the orbital has both arrows (electrons) filled in | Fill up position first then down

83
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What is the condensed electron configuration?

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[noble gas] nl^(ml)

84
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What are valence electrons?

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electrons of outermost shell, involved in bonding

85
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What are core electrons?

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inner-shell electrons, noble gas core (noble gas before it)

86
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What (n) do d-orbitals begin with?

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3d

87
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What (n) do f-orbitals begin with?

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4f

88
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What is the electron configuration for Ag?

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[Kr] 5s2 4d10

89
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What is the electron configuration for Cu?

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[Ar] 4s2 3d10

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