Electrons without little planets
Electron configuration describes how electrons occupy available atomic states. This arrangement is central to periodic trends and helps explain why elements in the same group often react in related ways.
Start with the nucleus
Electron configuration describes how electrons occupy available atomic states. This arrangement is central to periodic trends and helps explain why elements in the same group often react in related ways.
Electron configuration describes how electrons occupy available atomic states. This arrangement is central to periodic trends and helps explain why elements in the same group often react in related ways.
The outer electrons are especially useful when you want to anticipate chemical behaviour.
Quantum numbers label allowed electron states in atoms: principal, orbital angular momentum, magnetic and spin quantum numbers.
Quantum numbers label allowed electron states in atoms: principal, orbital angular momentum, magnetic and spin quantum numbers.