Module 2.2 Flashcards
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A quick recap of GCSE
-Electrons exist in electron shells .
The first shell has two electrons .
-The second shell can hold up to eight electrons .
-As well as the third before we put electrons in the fourth shell .
-KEY ; as we move further from the nuecleus , the energy of the shells increases .
-Each shell is given a number …
… scientists call this the prinipal quantum number or ~n”
-The first shell has the principal quantum number 1 .
-The second shell has a principal quantum numebr 2 .
-Third has 3
-The fourth ha four .
How do we clculate the mac=ximum nmber of electrons that each shell can hold .
Maximum n.o of electrons = 2nsquared
CHECK SHEET FOR THE SHELLS .
Key; The electrons in a shell are found in regions called atmomic orbitals .
So what are atomic orbitals ?
-Atmoic orbitals ; a region around the nucleus that can hold up to two electrons with opposite spins .
-You do need to know electrons can either have an up spin or down spin .
-When we have two electrons in the same orbital , THESE TWO ELECTRONS MUST HAVE OPPOSITE SPINS .
-WE CANNOT have two electrons both with an up spin or both with a down spin , must be OPPOSITE .
GCSE RECAP AGAIN
-At GCSE we considered an electront obe a particle .
-HOWEVER , at A-elevel , an electron is considered to be a cloud of NEGATIVE CHARGE /
-The negaitve charge cloud has the SHAPE OF THE ORBITAL , occupied by the elctron
-Scientists can never be certain of the exact LOACATION of an electron …
… however , the atomic orbital shows us a 95% probability of where an electron exists .
There are several different types of atomic orbitals + each one has a letter
These are S,P,D,F
S OrbitaL (CHECK SHEET AND TABLE ON SHEET )
-hAS A SPHERICAL SHAPE .
-EVERY ELECTRON SHELL CONTAINS A SINGLE s ORBITAL.
-YOU NEEED to know how to draw it so pracitseee.
P ORBITAL check sheet and table once again.
There are three p orbitls . They are shaped a bit like a dumbell .
-EVery electron shell aparfrom the first one contains three p orbitals .
D orbitals .
there are five d orbitals but these re complicted shapes we don;t need to know .
-every shell apart from shells 1 an 2 have five d orbitals .
f orbitals
there are seven different f orbitals . wE FIND THESE IN SHELLS FOUR AND ABOUVE .
remember ; EACH ORBITAL CAN ONL HOLD A MAXIMUM OF TWO ELECTERONS . (add up all the electorns in each shell and check table )
subshell
all the orbitals of the same tpe in the same shell .
key;
different subshells have different energies .
-As we move AWAY from the nueclues , the energy of the subshells increases /
in orderto show how electrons fill the orbtials , we need to follow three rules :
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rule 1
orbtials with the lowest energy are filled first .
rule 2
we can have up to two electrons in the same orbitals ut they must have opposite spins .
rule 3
if we have orbitaals wtht he same energy , then we have to put electrosn into invidual orbitals before we pir them .
-this is because electrons int he same orbital repel .
CHECK SHEET FOR EXAMPLES .
sheck example on electron configuration part 2 - whats interesting about shell four .
-the energy of the 4s subshell is less than the energyof the 3d subshell .
-Meanign we fll in the 4s subshell befpre we start filling in the 3d subshell .
check sheet - what is star one saying ?
check sheegt
WHATA RE THE TWO EXCEPTIONS TO THE ELECTRON CONFIGURTIONR UELE .
CHROMIUM AND COPPER .
-iN BOTH cases 4s subshell contains only one electron eventhough there are electrons in the 3d subshell.
-This is because the 3d subshell is more sstable when it is either half full /completely full
In the case of chromium ; by having only one elecron in the 4s subshell it can have a half full 3d subshell .
in the case of copper , by onl having one electron int he 4s subshell it cn have a compeltleyf ull 3d subshell .
do more practise ont his !!
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CHECK SHEET
Scientists divide the periodic table into different blocks , each block is named fter the subshell containign the highest energy electron for the elemnts in that block .
short hand configuration (sodium is example .
1.look at the position of sodium on the perioidc table .