Practice Exam Fall 2013 Flashcards
How is the S orbital shaped?
Spherical.
What happens to the S orbitals when you get to the outer shells?
They get bigger.
What are the p orbitals shaped like?
Dumbells.
What happens to the p orbitals as you move away from the nucleus.
The get bigger.
What are the d orbitals shaped like?
They are clover shaped.
How do you denote charges on transitional metals?
Roman numerals.
What does a dz2 atomic orbital look like?
The dz2 orbital looks like a dumbell in a donut.
If an element has 9 protons and has a neutral charge how many electrons does it have?
9.
Paramagnetism means what about the atom?
There are unpaired electrons.
When the same element is bonded to form a molecule is their polarity?
No, because the elements are the same.
The larger the electronegativity difference between 2 atoms what happens to the bond?
The bond becomes more polar.
