Question #165c4

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Aug 30, 2014

The quantum mechanical model does show the energy levels that electrons can have.

But it also shows the shapes of the orbitals that correspond to these energy levels.

Below is an energy level diagram for magnesium.

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It shows the electrons in the energy levels corresponding to the occupied #s# and #p# orbitals as predicted by the quantum mechanical model.