Chapter 6: Q6.12 CYL (page 323)
Give an example of an atom whose size is smaller than fluorine.
Helium is an example of an atom whose size is smaller than fluorine.
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Question:Using complete subshell notation (not abbreviations, 1s22s22p6, and so forth), predict the electron configuration
of each of the following atoms:
(a) C
(b) P
(c) V
(d) Sb
(e) Sm
Question:Read the labels of several commercial products and identify monatomic ions of at least six main groupelements contained in the products. Write the complete electron configurations of these cations and anions.
Answer the following questions:
(a) Without using quantum numbers, describe the differences between the shells, subshells, and orbitals of an atom.
(b) How do the quantum numbers of the shells, subshells, and orbitals of an atom differ?
Question:Thallium was used as a poison in the Agatha Christie mystery story “The Pale Horse.” Thallium has twopossible cationic forms, +1 and +3. The +1 compounds are the more stable. Write the electron structure of the +1cation of thallium.
Which of the following atoms and ions is (are) isoelectronic with\({{\bf{S}}^{{\bf{2}} + }}:{\rm{ }}{\bf{S}}{{\bf{i}}^{4 + }}{\rm{ ,}}{\bf{C}}{{\bf{l}}^{{\bf{3}} + }},{\rm{ }}{\bf{Ar}},{\rm{ }}{\bf{A}}{{\bf{s}}^{{\bf{3}} + }},{\rm{ }}{\bf{Si}},{\rm{ }}{\bf{A}}{{\bf{l}}^{{\bf{3}} + }}\)?
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