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1401
What is an atomic orbital?
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1402
What is ψ² (psi square) called?
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1403
How many quantum numbers are required to designate the orbital 'location' of an…
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1404
What does the principal quantum number (n) describe?
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1405
What happens as the principal quantum number (n) increases?
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1406
What does the angular momentum quantum number (l) define?
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1407
What letters are used to designate l values of 0, 1, 2, and 3?
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1408
When n = 3, what are the permissible values of l?
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1409
What does the magnetic quantum number (ml) designate?
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1410
What values can ml take?
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1411
When l = 1 (p subshell), how many permissible values of ml are there?
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1412
What does the spin quantum number (ms) refer to?
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1413
What values can ms take?
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1414
What is the electron configuration of an atom?
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1415
What is the correct order of orbital filling after 3p?
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1416
What does Hund's rule state?
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1417
According to Hund's rule, what is the lowest energy arrangement for electrons i…
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1418
What does the Pauli exclusion principle state?
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1419
What is a condensed electron configuration?
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1420
Which elements show anomalous electron configurations mentioned in the notes?
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1421
What is the electron configuration of copper according to the notes?
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1422
In a neutral atom, what is the relationship between protons and electrons?
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1423
What happens when an atom gains electrons?
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1424
What is a cation?
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1425
What is an anion?
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1426
On what basis is the periodic table organized?
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1427
What are the rows and columns of the periodic table called?
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1428
Who is credited with the first widely recognized periodic table?
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1429
How did Mendeleev arrange the elements in his periodic table?
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1430
What did Mendeleev do about gaps in his periodic table?
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1431
What are the four rectangular blocks of the modern periodic table?
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1432
What are representative elements or main group elements?
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1433
What are groups IA, IIA, VIIA, and VIIIA known as?
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1434
What are transition elements?
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1435
What are inner transition elements?
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1436
What are the two main groups of inner transition elements?
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1437
What is hybridization?
Hybridization and Chemical Bonding View
1438
Who first proposed the concept of hybridization and in what year?
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1439
What happens to atomic orbitals during hybridization?
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1440
What are the characteristics of hybrid orbitals?
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1441
How does the number of hybrid orbitals relate to the number of reshuffled pure …
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1442
How are hybrid orbitals different from pure atomic orbitals?
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1443
What does an sp hybrid orbital possess?
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1444
What is the hybridization state of carbon atoms in ethane?
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1445
How are bonds formed in ethane?
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1446
What is the hybridization state of carbon atoms in ethylene?
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1447
In ethylene, how many sp² hybrid orbitals does each carbon use to form C-H bond…
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1448
In ethylene, what forms the C-C sigma bond?
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1449
In ethylene, what do the unhybridized 2p₂ orbitals do?
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1450
What is the hybridization state of carbon atoms in acetylene?
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1451
In acetylene, what forms the C-H sigma bonds?
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1452
In acetylene, what forms the C-C sigma bond?
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1453
In acetylene, how many unhybridised 2p orbitals remain on each carbon?
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1454
How can the hybridization of C, O, or N be determined?
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1455
What is the hybridization of an atom that forms no pi bonds?
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1456
What is the hybridization of an atom that forms one pi bond?
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1457
What is the hybridization of an atom that forms two pi bonds?
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1458
What is the formula relating hybridization to number of pi bonds?
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1459
How many orbitals does a positively charged carbon hybridize to form three cova…
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1460
What is the structure of a carbocation (CH₃⁺)?
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1461
What is the hybridization of the carbon atom in methyl radical?
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1462
What is the hybridization of a negatively charged carbon with three bonding and…
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1463
In a negatively charged carbon, what holds the nonbonding electron pair?
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1464
What is the hybridization of oxygen in water (H₂O)?
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1465
In water, what occupies the remaining two sp³ hybridized orbitals of oxygen?
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1466
What is the bond angle in water and why is it less than the tetrahedral angle?
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1467
What are valence forces?
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1468
What do valence forces determine?
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1469
How are valence forces broadly classified?
Hybridization and Chemical Bonding View
1470
What do primary valence forces involve?
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1471
What is an ionic bond?
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1472
What are characteristics of ionic bonds?
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1473
On what does ionic bond strength depend?
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1474
What is Coulomb's Law?
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1475
What are the types of covalent bonds based on shared electron pairs?
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1476
What are characteristics of covalent bonds?
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1477
What are the two types of orbital overlap in covalent bonding?
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1478
What is metallic bonding?
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1479
What are characteristics of metallic bonds?
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1480
What do the mobility of delocalized electrons in metals explain?
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1481
What are secondary valence forces?
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1482
What are van der Waals forces?
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1483
What are the types of van der Waals forces?
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1484
What are London dispersion forces?
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1485
When does hydrogen bonding occur?
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1486
What are effects of hydrogen bonding?
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1487
How does hydrogen bonding compare in strength to other forces?
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1488
What happens when two atoms approach each other?
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1489
What does the depth of the energy well in interatomic potential represent?
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1490
What is bond energy?
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1491
What is bond length?
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1492
What is the relationship between bond strength and bond length?
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1493
What are the principles of Valence Bond Theory (VBT)?
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1494
What are the three types of hybridization and their geometries?
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1495
How does atomic size affect valence forces?
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1496
How does electronegativity difference affect bond type?
Hybridization and Chemical Bonding View
1497
How does greater s-character affect bond strength?
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1498
What is polarizability?
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1499
What factors increase polarizability?
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1500
What does high polarizability increase?
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