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What are main energy levels/ shells split into?

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  • Sub-shells (orbitals.)
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What are the 4 types of orbitals?

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  • s,p,d,f.
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How many sub-orbitals does an s orbital contain?

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  • One sub- orbital.
    MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ELECTRONS IN SUB SHELL = 2
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How many electrons does 1 sub- orbital hold?

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  • 2 electrons.
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How many sub -orbitals does a p orbital cotain?

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  • Three sub- orbitals
    MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ELECTRONS IN SUB-SHELL = 6
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How many sub- orbitals does a d orbital contain?

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  • Five sub- orbitals
    MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ELECTRONS IN SUB-SHELL = 10
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What sub-shell does the first energy level have?

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  • An s sub-shell.(orbital)
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What sub-shells does the second energy level have?

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  • An s sub-shell. (orbital)
  • A p sub shell. (orbital)
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What sub-shells does the third energy level have?

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  • An s sub-shell (orbital)
  • A p sub-shell (orbital)
  • A d sub-shell (orbital.)
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What sub-shells does the fourth energy level have?

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  • An s sub shell (orbital)
  • A p sub shell (orbital)
  • A d sub shell (orbital)
  • (A f sub-shell.)
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What order are the sub-shells filled with electrons in?

(Draw out diagram/ do cross down technique.)

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1s, 2s, 2p,3s,3p,4s,3d,4p,5s, 4d, 5p, 6s

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Finish sentence

Groups 1 and 2 are ….. ……. elements.

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s block

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FIllin gaps

Groups 3 to 12 are ….. ……. elements.

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d block

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Fill the gaps

Groups 3 to 0 are ….. ….. elements

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p block.

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15
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Explain what each aspect of this configuration: (1s¹) means

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  • 1 = first MAIN ENERGY LEVEL.
  • s: type of orbital.
  • 1 = number of electrons in the orbital.
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What is an orbital?

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  • Orbital: a region of space where there is a high probability of finding an electron.
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What equation will allow you to calculate the total number of electrons found in n main energy level?

18
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What shape does the s sub-shell have?

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  • A spherical shape.
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What is the shape of the p orbital?

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  • Each sub-orbital in p orbital in shape of dumbell.
  • All together = shape of flower

Refer to Gautum notes if needed.

20
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Give two reasons why the 1s orbital is the most stable.

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  • Closest orbital to nucleus.
  • Posesses least amount of energy.
21
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Finish the sentence

As the energy of the orbitals increase, the stability of the orbitals …….

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  • Decreases.
22
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How many sub-orbitals is f orbital made up of?

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  • 7 sub -orbitals
    MAXIMUM OF 14 ELECTRONS OVERALL
23
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What are the two elements that are the exceptions to filling orbitals in order and then moving onto the next (ie. they have a half-filled orbital?)

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  • Chromium
  • Copper.
24
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What would you EXPECT the electron configuration of chromium to be?
What actually is the configuration?

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  • EXPECT: 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s²3d⁴
  • ACTUAL:
  • 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹3d⁵
    (Only PARTIALLY FILLED s orbital.)
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What would you expect the electron configuration of copper to be? What actually is the configuration?
EXPECT: - 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s²3d⁹ ACTUAL: - 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d¹⁰4s¹
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Why is the s orbital only partially filled in chromium and copper (ie. only one electron filled in s orbital and the electrons start filling in d orbital straight awa?)
- The arrangements are of lower energy so are more stable.
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What property do electrons have (beginning with s?)
- Spin.
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What is the spin of two electrons in the same orbital like?
- They have opposite spins. -
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What are electrons represented by in the spin diagrams? What does the direction of the arrows show?
- Electrons are represented by arrows. - Direction of the arrows show the different directions of spin.
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When doing box diagrams (ie. bus seating) how are the electrons filled in the sub-orbitals?
- You fill each sub-orbital individually before you start to pair the electrons up. - Ie. if you had a p orbital --> 3 sub-orbitals and there were 3 electrons, the 3 electrons would go in the 3 separate sub orbitals (no two electrons would be paired together.)
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Why do electrons fill individually in sub-orbitals before being paired up?
- Because if two electrons are in the same sub-orbital they will repel each other even more (requires even more energy to put the electrons in the same sub-orbital.)
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What does the opposite direction of spin of electrons in each sub-orbital reduce?
- The opposite direction of each of electrons in each sub-orbital reduces the mutal repulsion between the paired electrons.
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What is the short-hand way of writing the electron configuration of Titanium (22 electrons?) How do you do the short-hand electron configuration?
- (Ar) 4s²3d² - Locate noble gas above the element. - Go horizontally across until you reach your element (as you enter s block fill the s orbital and move onto the d block - fill the d orbital until you reach titanium: in this example.)
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Short-hand configuration of chromium.
(Ar) 4s¹ 3d⁵
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Where are electrons removed from when we ionise transition metals?
- Electrons are lost from the 4s orbital FIRST and then from the 3d, 3p, 3s etc (going down.)
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What is the short- hand electronic structure of Chromium? What does spin diagram look like?
(Ar)4s¹3d⁵ All filled up to 3p. 4s only partially filled, one extra in 3d. *the s orbital is partially-filled even in the short-hand configuration*
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# KLP Short-hand notation of V³⁺
(Ar) 3d² *NORMAL SHORT- HAND STRUCTURE? - (Ar)4s² 3d³.* - Take away 3 electrons - take two from 4s FIRST and then from the 3d!!
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# KLP If you want to write the electron configuration of a transition ion, what should you do? | 3 STEPS!!
1.) Write electron configuration of the atom. 2.) Then, take out electrons from the 4s first AND then the 3d. 3. ) There, you will have the full electron configuration of the ion.
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In general, how do we fill electrons in spin diagrams? Why do we do this?
- Put each electron in separate sub-orbital before starting to pair them up. - This requires less energy to do than if you started pairing electrons up to start off with (repulison force.)
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# Past Paper Q Which block contains the element Samarium (Sm?)
- f block
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What are: 2p, 2s, 3s, 4s.... etc. known as?
- Sub-orbitals.

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