Transcript chapter 4

CHAPTER 4:
Section 1
Arrangement of
Electrons in Atoms
In Rutherford’s model of the atom one
of the major problems was that it did
not explain how negative electrons
fill the space surrounding the
nucleus.
Visible light is a kind of electromagnetic
radiation, which is a form of energy
that exhibits wavelike behavior as it
travels through space.
The electromagnetic spectrum is all of the
forms of electromagnetic radiation.
Visible light is only a small part of the
electromagnetic spectrum. Its wavelength
is from 400 nm to 700 nm.
The frequency and wavelength are
mathematically related to each other.
c   
In the equation c is the speed of light
which is equal to 3 x 10 8 m/s

Wavelength ( ) is the distance between
corresponding points on adjacent waves.
Frequency is (v) and is defined as the
number of waves that pass a given point
in a specific time.
Frequency is measured in waves/second.
One wave/second is called a hertz (Hz).
EX: Determine the frequency of light with a
wavelength of 4.257 x 10-9 m.
c   
c
Rearrange to

3.0 x 10 8 m/s

4.257 x 10 -9 m
7.0 x 10 16 Hz
The photoelectric effect refers to the emission of
electrons from a metal when light shines on the
metal. Which creates an electric current.
Light as particles
German physicist, Max Planck, was studying the
emission of light by hot objects.
Planck suggested that the objects emit energy in
small specific amounts called quanta. A quantum
is the minimum quantity of energy that can be
lost or gained by an atom.
Planck produced the following relationship:
E=(h) (v)
E= to the energy in joules, of a quantum of
radiation.
v= to the frequency of the radiation emitted
h is the fundamental physical constant now
known as Planck’s constant;
h= 6.626 x 10-34 j*s
A photon is a particle of electromagnetic radiation having a
zero rest mass and carrying a quantum of energy.
The dual wave-particle nature of light depends on the
experiment that observes it, light behaves like a wave or
like a particle.
When a current is passed through a gas at a low pressure,
the potential energy of some of the gas atoms increases.
The lowest energy state of an atom is its ground state.
A state in which an atom has a higher potential energy
than it has in its ground state is called an excited
state.
The Bohr model of the hydrogen atom depicts a hydrogen
nucleus with a single electron circling the nucleus at a
specific radius called an orbit. The electron exists in only
one of only a finite number of allowed orbits.
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Section 4.2
The main energy level is the level of increasing energy,
specified by the quantum number n, at which atomic
orbitals can exist.
Quantum numbers specify the properties of atomic orbitals
and the properties of electrons in orbitals.
The principal quantum number is the number used to
specify the main energy level of an atom.
The principal quantum number is symbolized by n. The
values of n are positive integers only: 1,2,3, and so on.
The electron shells are all of the orbitals within the same
main energy level.
The total number of orbitals per main energy level is equal
to n2. The number of electrons allowed per main energy
level is equal to 2n2.
The angular momentum quantum number indicates an
orbital’s shape. And is symbolized by l.
A sublevel or subshell, consists of the orbitals within a
given main energy level that share the same value of l.
The magnetic quantum number, symbolized by m, indicates
the orientation of an orbital around the nucleus.
The Spin Quantum number has only two
possible values (+ ½, - ½ ) which indicates
the two fundamental spin states of an
electron in an orbital.
Section 4.3
The arrangement of electrons in an atom is known as the
atom’s electron configuration.
Rules for Electron Configuration
Aufbau Principle is an electron occupies the lowest energy
orbital that can receive it.
Pauli exclusion principle is that no two electrons in the
same atom can have the same set of four quantum
numbers.
Hund’s Rule is that orbitals of equal energy are each
occupied by one electron before any orbital is occupied
by a second electron and all electrons in singly occupied
orbitals must have the same spins
Orbital Notation
Unoccupied orbital is represented by a line ____
1s
An orbital containing one electron is represented as __↑__
1s
An orbital containing two electrons is represented as ↑↓
1s
Showing the electrons paired with opposite spins.
Ex: H ↑
He ↑↓
1s
1s
•
The hydrogen configuration is
represented by 1s1. The superscript
indicates that one electron is present in
hydrogen’s 1s orbital.
• The helium configuration is represented
by 1s2. Here the superscript indicates
that there are two electrons in helium’s
1s orbital.
• The three methods used to represent the
arrangement of electrons are the
A) orbital notation
B) electron-configuration notation
C) noble-gas notation.
The three methods used to represent the
arrangement of electrons are:
A)
orbital
notation
B)noble-gas
electron-configuration
notation
C)
notation
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↑
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↑
Na ↑
[Ne]
1s
2p
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3s __ __
3 s __
1s 2s 2px 2py 2pz 3s
↑
↑
2
1
2s
↑
2
↑ ↑
• An octet of electrons corresponds to filled
s and p orbitals in an atom’s highest main
energy level. Noble gas (except helium)
contain octets.
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n=5
n=4
5p
4d
5s
4p
n=3
3d
4s
3p
3s
n=2
2p
2s
n=1
1s