Electrons in Atoms
Orbital Notation and Electron Configuration
Emily Parker
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Electron Configurations
Steps on how to write a Electron Configuration: You count the number of electrons you have and use as many orbital sub levels as you need to hold all your electrons. Be sure to always fill the lowest energy levels first.
Orbital Notation
Steps to draw an Orbital Notation:
1s22s22p63s23p2
**the above is shown in the diagrams below**
• s subshells have 1 orbital
x2- 2 e-
• p subshells have 3 orbitals
x2- 6 e-
• d subshells have 5 orbitals
x2- 10 e-
• f subshells have 7 orbitals
x2- 14 e-
Sample Problem
Silicon1s22s22p63s23p2
**the above is shown in the diagrams below**
• s subshells have 1 orbital
x2- 2 e-
• p subshells have 3 orbitals
x2- 6 e-
• d subshells have 5 orbitals
x2- 10 e-
• f subshells have 7 orbitals
x2- 14 e-
QUANTUM #'s
N- ENERGY LEVEL
L-SHAPE
M-ORRIENTATION
S-SPIN
L-SHAPE
M-ORRIENTATION
S-SPIN
WAVELENGTHS
SHORT: high frequency & high energy
LONG: low frequency & low energy
LONG: low frequency & low energy