electron configuration Flashcards
Niels Bohr
Came up the idea of electron occupying areas
Studied light spectra
Spectroscopy
The use of spectra to identify unknown chemicals
Spectrascopes used to view spectra
Spectrometers used to analyse them
Energy Levels
Fixed energy value (amount) that an electron may have
Ground state
The electrons occupy the lowest available energy levels
Excited State
Electrons occupy the energy levels higher than ground state
The frequencies of the light emissions are categorised as
Lyman, Balmer and Paschen
lyman series
ultraviolet
balmer series
visible
paschen series
infrared
the absorption spectrum
shows the bands and wavelengths of light that are absorbed by an element
FAAS
is used to determine concentrations of contaminants of water such as lead
how many sub leve;s does n=1 have
one sublevel
how many sub levels does n=4 have
4 sub levels
Orbitals
A region in space in an atom where there is a high probability of finding an electron
Aufbau Principle
When an element is in its ground state, the electrons occupy the lowest available energy levels