Electrons, Bonding and Structure Flashcards
What is a shell?
Where electrons are located around the atom
What is a sub-shell?
smaller structures that make up a shell
What is an orbital?
A shape of a sub-shell that can contain a single pair of electrons, both “doing 2 different things”
What are the orbitals in each shell?
First Shell: s orbital
Second Shell: s orbital, p orbitals
Third Shell: s orbital, p orbitals, d orbitals
Fourth Shell: s orbital, p orbitals, d orbitals, f orbitals
What is the Quantum Number?
The shell that a sub-shell is on
What is the elctron configuration?
simple detail of how many electrons are in each shell
What is the spdf configuration?
showing how many electrons are in each sub-shell of each shell.
quantum number | orbital shape | number of electrons e.g. 1s² is the first shell, the s orbital shape, with 2 electrons in the sub shell
What is an orbital shape?
Where an electron COULD probably be in the atom
What are the shapes of the s and p orbitals?
s - sphere around the nucleus
p - dumbell shape around the nucleus
How many electrons can be in each orbital?
2 electrons “doing different things”
What is an electron in boxes diagram?
Showing the paired electrons in each orbital in each sub-shell
How does a sub-shell fill?
Each electron is put seperatly into each orbital, then further electrons are put in pairs when all orbitals in the sub-shell have 1 electron
How can the spdf configuration be shortened?
By starting the configuration with the closest Noble Gas
e.g. Na = 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s¹, this can be abreviated to [Ne] 3s¹
How many orbitals does each shell contain?
Shell 1: 1 s orbital
Shell 2: 1 s orbital, 3 p orbitals
Shell 3: 1 s orbital, 3 p orbitals, 5 d orbitals
Shell 4: 1 s orbital, 3 p orbitals, 5 d orbitals, 7 f orbitals
How many electrons can each shell hold?
Shell 1: 2
Shell 2: 8
Shell 3: 18
Shell 4: 32
What order do sub-shells fill?
1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 4s 3d 4p 5s 4d 5p 6s 4f
What is an ionic bond?
A strong electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions
What is a giant ionic structure/lattice?
A structure/lattice that consists of atoms held together by ionic bonds that has no defined size and can repeat endlessly
What is a giant metallic structure?
A structure that consists of atoms held together by metallic bonds that has no defined size and can repeat endlessly
What is a giant covalent structure?
A structure that consists of atoms held together by covalent bonds that has no defined size and can repeat endlessly
What is a simple covalent molecule?
A molecule that consists of atoms held together by covalent bonds that has a small defined size
What is a covalent bond?
An electrostatic attraction between a negative shared pair of electrons and the positive nuclei of the bonded atoms
What is average bond enthalpy?
The required energy to break a mole of bonds in a molecule in the gaseous phase, averaged over the molecules containing that bond