Orbitals, and Probability Patterns

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• Question #bceb1
• Question #95ed8
• How do electrons fill orbitals?
• What are some common mistakes students make with orbitals?
• What are orbital probability patterns?
• What is an example of a orbital probability patterns practice problem?
• How does an atomic orbital differ from a Bohr orbit?
• Why are orbitals described as probability maps?
• Why do orbitals have different shapes?
• What are the number of sub-levels and electrons for the first four principal quantum numbers?
• What determines the probability pattern of an orbital?
• What is the Pauli Exclusion Principle?
• How did Schrodinger's model change Bohr's model of the atom?
• How do we decide if a substance is paramagnetic or diamagnetic?
• Question #d50d3
• How many orbitals are there in the seventh shell ?
• Question #a0d6e
• Why is there greater repulsion between two lone pairs of electrons than between a lone pair and a bonding pair of electrons?
• Question #38976
• How many orbitals are there in the third shell (n=3)?
• How many orbitals are in each sublevel?
• What are degenerate orbitals?
• How many orbitals in a p sublevel?
• How many electrons can an orbital hold?
• Question #7fd1d
• Question #96928
• Question #df391
• Which hybrid orbitals help explain the bonding in methane, #CH_4#?
• What is the difference between nodal surfaces and nodal planes?
• Question #68bfd
• For the Hydrogen atomic #2s# wave function given by #psi = 1/(2sqrt(2pi)) sqrt(1/a_0) (2 - r/a_0)e^(-r//2a_0)#, at what radial distance away from the nucleus can no electrons be found?
• Question #0abfe
• Why can only two electrons occupy each orbital?
• In what order do electrons fill orbitals within a sublevel?
• What are the nodal planes of the #d_(x^2-y^2)# orbital?
• What is the formula for calculating a nodal point?
• Does the number of lone pairs in a molecule affect the magnitude of hydrogen bonding...? Discuss in relation to #H_2S#, and #PH_3#?
• Which electron in cobalt is easiest to remove first?
• Question #e05cb
• How do you fill electron orbitals?
• How do you represent electron orbitals through drawings?
• How many electron orbitals exist?
• How do you draw electron orbital diagrams?
• How were the shapes of s, p, d, and f orbitals determined? How did they get their names of s, p, d, and f?
• Whats the difference between electron shells, electron levels, and electron orbitals?
• What is the maximum number of electrons in each orbital?
• What is the difference between electron shells and electron orbitals?
• How many electrons are present in a 4p orbital?
• There are four types of electron orbitals, s, p, d, and f. In each energy level, there are one, three, and five orbitals of the s, p, and d types, respectively. Using the same pattern, how many f orbitals are there in each energy level?
• Is there an easy way to remember the order of filling of orbitals without diagram?
• For s, p, d, and f orbitals, how many electrons can each hold?
• What is the maximum number of electrons that can be found in any orbital of an atom?
• Question #5e8b7
• As atomic orbitals form they require how many electrons to fill the orbital?
• Where are the electrons most probably located in a molecular bonding orbital?
• If the spin of one electron in an orbital is spin-up, what is the spin of the other electron in that orbital?
• If three electrons are available to fill three empty 2p atomic orbitals, how will the electrons be distributed in the three orbitals?
• How many s orbitals can there be in one energy level?
• What is a node when it comes to electron density, waves, and wave functions?
• Why don't all the electrons in an atom fall to the lowest energy level?
• Question #b41bf
• How do you write the orbital diagram for sulfur?
• How do you write the orbital diagram for carbon?
• How do you write the orbital diagram for phosphate?
• How do yo write the orbital diagram for oxygen?
• How do yo write the orbital diagram for hydrogen?
• How do yo write the orbital diagram for silver?
• Question #df51f
• What is the maximum number of electrons in each ofthe following energy levels: first, second, third?
• Using #psi_0 = ((2c)/(pi))^("1/4")e^(-cx^2)# as the normalized ground-state wave function, find #c#, and the trial energy #E_phi# such that #E_phi = (<< phi_0 | hatH | phi_0 >>)/(<< phi_0 | phi_0 >>) >= E_0#, where #E_0# is the exact ground-state energy?
• Do two electrons in one orbital have the same spins?
• Do two electrons in one orbital have the same or opposite spins?
• Do two electrons in one orbital repel each other if they have opposite spin?
• Do two electrons in one orbital attract or repel each other if they have the same spin?
• What are the set of orbitals that are dumbbell shaped and directed along the x, y, and z axes?
• How do you write the electron spin?
• What is a conical node? How can you find one?
• How are the five orbitals related to an atom's d sublevels designated?
• How many electrons can be in each orbital?
• What does the arrow in the orbital notation mean?
• Why can two #s# orbitals NOT be degenerate?
• What is the orientation in space of an atomic orbital associated with?
• Is there an easy way to remember VSEPR shapes?
• Question #fbf09
• Question #55ae4
• What is an electron that occupies the lowest available energy orbital?
• Why is the maximum number of (electrons, orbitals) related to each principal energy level equals #2n^2#?
• How many subshells are in the n = 3 shell? And How many orbitals are in the n = 5 shell?
• According to MO theory, what does the overlap of two s atomic orbitals produce?
• What represents the area in an atom where an electron most likely will be found?
• What do #n#, #l#, and #m_l# tell us about an orbital?
• Question #35834
• What does the phrase "sea of electrons" describe?
• Would these orbital descriptions be atomic or hybrid orbitals? s, p, d, f, #sp^2#, #sp^3#
• Why are electrons less repulsive when in a bond than when as a lone pair?
• An orbital with #l = 0# is what type of orbital? What shape does it have? How many total orbitals does this type have for each principal energy level?
• Can someone help me understand orbitals??
• What is the meaning and explanation of each equation? ( wave function, probability density, radial distribution function)
• What is the number of half-filled orbitals in an atom of chromium?
• The electron shell model is a simplified version of a more accurate model. Where do electrons actually reside?
• What is the highest energy level in which you would find electrons in a chlorine atom?
• Two of the energy levels can hold eight electrons each. Which energy levels are these?
• How many electrons can the #2p# orbitals hold?
• How does the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle relate to electron degeneracy pressure?
• Answer the following questions about lithium first excited state?
• What contributes to the wall of an orbit?
• How do you determine the number of electrons needed to fill the outer shell of an element?
• Why is a 3s orbital lower in energy than a 3p orbital in all atoms other than a hydrogen atom which only has a single electron?
• Why do we say that #s# orbitals have zero angular momentum?
• Question #0c91a
• Question #04d04
• Question #709e7
• Are angular nodes necessarily planes?
• How would you expect the extent of overlap of atomic orbitals to vary in the series #"IF"#, #"ICI"#, #"IBr"#, and #"I"_2#?
• When hybrid orbitals overlap, what type of bonds form?
• Does a #3p# have more energy than a #2p# orbital?
• Do electrons fill the lower energy levels first?
• When electrons ocoupy different orbitals of the same sub-level, do they all have the same spin?
• Will electrons pair up in an orbital only when all orbitals in different sub-levels have one electron?
• What are the electrons found in the outermost energy levels?
• Is an atom most stable when it has eight electrons in its outermost energy level?
• The second electron shell of an atom can hold a a maximum of how many electrons?
• Does an electron move from one allowed orbit to another only when it absorbs or emits a fixed amount of energy?
• How many spherical nodes are in a #3d_(xy)# orbital?
• Carbon atoms have four electrons in their outer shell. This means that a single carbon atom can form up to how many bonds with other atoms?
• An electron is in the hydrogen atom with #n = 3#. #|L| = sqrt6 ℏ# . Which is a possible angle between #vecL# and the #z# axis?
• What does it mean for an electron orbital to be penetrating?
• What do the signs on an orbital represent?
• What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy an orbital if they have different spins?
• Question #dbca8
• Schrödinger's wave equation gives which type of concept of quantum number?
• What is the difference between nodal surfaces and nodal planes?
• Please explain the following example given in the snapshot below?
• The wave function of an orbital of H-Atom is given by: #psi=((sqrt q)/(81 sqrt pi))(1/a_0)^(3/2)(6-r/a_0)(r/a_0)e^(-r/(3a_0) )* sin theta sin phi# Then find the orbital ?
• Solve Schrödinger equation for hydrogen atom?
• Question #e631b
• How many #d# orbitals are there?
• Question #8e47c
• How many radial nodes are in a given atomic orbital as a function of #n# and #l#?
• How can an electron have a node?
• How many angular nodes are in a #d_(z^2)# orbital?
• What is the difference between the #d_(x^2-y^2)# and #d_(xy)# orbitals of the same #n#?