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  2. Atomic orbital - Wikipedia

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    Atomic orbitals are basic building blocks of the atomic orbital model (or electron cloud or wave mechanics model), a modern framework for visualizing submicroscopic behavior of electrons in matter. In this model, the electron cloud of an atom may be seen as being built up (in approximation) in an electron configuration that is a product of ...

  3. Azimuthal quantum number - Wikipedia

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    A planar node can be described in an electromagnetic wave as the midpoint between crest and trough, which has zero magnitudes. In an s orbital, no nodes go through the nucleus, therefore the corresponding azimuthal quantum number ℓ takes the value of 0. In a p orbital, one node traverses the nucleus and therefore ℓ has the value of 1.

  4. Kainosymmetry - Wikipedia

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    The four kainosymmetric orbital types filled among the known elements, one per row: 1s, 2p, 3d, 4f. Kainosymmetry (from Greek καινός "new") describes the first atomic orbital of each azimuthal quantum number (ℓ). Such orbitals include 1s, 2p, 3d, 4f, 5g, and so on. The term kainosymmetric was coined by Sergey Shchukarev .

  5. Quantum number - Wikipedia

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    A quantum number beginning in n = 3,ℓ = 0, describes an electron in the s orbital of the third electron shell of an atom. In chemistry, this quantum number is very important, since it specifies the shape of an atomic orbital and strongly influences chemical bonds and bond angles. The azimuthal quantum number can also denote the number of ...

  6. Electron configuration - Wikipedia

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    Electron atomic and molecular orbitals A Bohr diagram of lithium. In atomic physics and quantum chemistry, the electron configuration is the distribution of electrons of an atom or molecule (or other physical structure) in atomic or molecular orbitals. [1]

  7. Spectroscopic notation - Wikipedia

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    For mesons whose constituents are a heavy quark and its own antiquark the same notation applies as for atomic states. However, uppercase letters are used. However, uppercase letters are used. Furthermore, the first number is (as in nuclear physics) n = N + 1 {\displaystyle n=N+1} where N {\displaystyle N} is the number of nodes in the radial ...

  8. Molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    When atoms interact to form a chemical bond, the atomic orbitals of each atom are said to combine in a process called orbital hybridisation. The two most common types of bonds are sigma bonds (usually formed by hybrid orbitals) and pi bonds (formed by unhybridized p orbitals for atoms of main group elements).

  9. 18-electron rule - Wikipedia

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    The rule is based on the fact that the valence orbitals in the electron configuration of transition metals consist of five (n−1)d orbitals, one ns orbital, and three np orbitals, where n is the principal quantum number. These orbitals can collectively accommodate 18 electrons as either bonding or non-bonding electron pairs.