Electronic Structure

Question 1

What are the numbers given to electron shells known as?

Answer 1

Principal quantum numbers

Question 2

What is an orbital?

Answer 2

The bit of space that an election moves in - orbitals within the same sub-shell have the same energy

Question 3

What is spin-pairing?

Answer 3

The electrons in each orbital have to ‘spin’ in opposite directions

Question 4

What is spin-pairing?

Answer 4

The electrons in each orbital have to ‘spin’ in opposite directions

Question 5

What shape is an s orbital?

Answer 5

Spherical

Question 6

What shape is a p orbital?

Answer 6

Dumbbell shaped

Question 7

How many p orbitals are there and how are they arranged?

Answer 7

There are 3 p orbitals and they’re at right angles to one another

Question 8

How many p orbitals are there and how are they arranged?

Answer 8

There are 3 p orbitals and they’re at right angles to each other

Question 9

From left to right on the periodic table, how are the s, p & d blocks laid out?

Answer 9

S block (g1/2), d block (transition metals), p block