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Quantum Mechanical Model and Electronic Configuration
Chemistry · Chapter 5 · Physical Chemistry (Units 1-2 and 4-7: Basic Concepts, Atomic Structure, Bonding, Thermodynamics, Equilibrium, Redox)
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- Quantum mechanical model: Schrodinger wave equation and the physical significance of psi and psi^2 (no derivation)
- Quantum numbers; shells, subshells and orbitals; information they give about distance, energy and number of electrons
- Shapes, size and orientation of s, p and d orbitals; nodes, nodal planes and radial probability curves
- Aufbau principle and (n + l) rule; Pauli's exclusion principle; Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity
- Electronic configuration of elements and ions; stability of half-filled and completely filled orbitals