Electron Configurations
Quantum Mechanical Model
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Light
Elements
100
1s2 2s2 2p6
What is neon
100
2
How many electrons can one orbital hold?
100
red
What is color of visible light with the least energy?
100
3.00 x 108 m/s
What is the speed of light.
100
Always have eight valence electrons.
What are noble gases?
200
group I or alkali metals
What is the group of elements that have electron configurations that always end in s1?
200
18
What is the maximum number of electrons in the third energy level.
200
gamma radiation
What is type of radiation with the greatest energy? (or shortest wavelength or highest frequency)
200
Plank's constant
What is 6.63 x 10-34
200
cations
What are particles formed when atoms lose electrons?
300
8
What is the maximum number of valence electrons allowed in an atom?
300
s,p and d
What sublevels are found on the third energy level?
300
V I B G Y O R
What are the colors of the visible spectrum from shortest to longest wavelength?
300
hertz
What is the unit for frequency?
300
Au
What is gold?
400
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d6
What is the electron configuratio of iron?
400
Pauli exclusion principle
States that an orbital holds two electrons with opposite spins.
400
infrared
What is the type of radiation that has energy just below red on the electromagnetic spectrum?
400
joules
What is unit for energy.
400
Rn
What is radon?
500
The bottom two rows of elements.
Which elements are characterised by having electrons in f oribitals?
500
Hund's Rule
States that electrons fill orbitals one at a time before pairing.
500
The least amount of energy on the emr spectrum.
What is radio waves.
500
nanometers
There are 1 x 109 of what unit in a meter?
500
zirconium
What is an element used to make fake diamonds?
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