CH110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Principal Quantum Number

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Increasing nuclear charge (z) lowers the energy of orbitals. Orbital energies are much lower for he+ The larger nuclear charge of he+ means larger forces of attraction. Each negatively charged electron is attracted to the positively charged nucleus (unlike charges attract) Each electron is repelled by all other electrons in the atom (like charges repel) Electron-electron repulsion accounts for the lower energy required to remove an electron from he compared to he+ Screening is when electron-electron repulsion cancels or reduces the amount of attraction between an electron and the nucleus. The nuclear charge that electron-b experiences is less that the full +2 nuclear charge that electron-a experiences. Effective nuclear charge (zeff) is the nuclear charge an electron experiences as a result of screening zeff = z effects of screening. Electrons in compact orbitals screen better than electron in larger diffuse orbitals. As the principle quantum number (n) increases the screening ability of electrons in those orbitals decreases.

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