🧠Key Concepts
Electrons occupyenergy levels, sublevels, and orbitals
Follows three rules:
Aufbau Principle: Electrons fill lowest energy
orbitals first
Pauli Exclusion Principle: Each orbital holds max 2
electrons with opposite spins
Hund’s Rule: Electrons fill orbitals singly before
pairing
ELECTRON CONFIGURATION
The value ofthe principal quantum
number n is the level of the principal
electronic shell (principal level). All
orbitals that have the same n value
are in the same principal level.
PRINCIPAL QUANTUM NUMBER
EXAMPLE:
Electron configuration of Oxygen:
O = 1s² 2s² 2p⁴
What is the principal quantum number of
oxygen?
n =
19.
Also known asthe azimuthal
quantum number or orbital
quantum number, it determines
the shape of the subshell in
which the electrons reside.
ANGULAR MOMENTUM QUANTUM NUMBER
EXAMPLE:
Electron configuration of Oxygen:
O = 1s² 2s² 2p⁴
What is the angular momentum
quantum number of oxygen?
l =
20.
MAGNETIC QUANTUM NUMBER
EXAMPLE:
Electronconfiguration of Oxygen:
O = 1s² 2s² 2p⁴
What is the magnetic quantum
number of oxygen?
ml =
The magnetic quantum number is a key
quantum number that determines the
orientation of an electron's orbital in a
magnetic field. It provides information about
the spatial arrangement of orbitals and can
take on integer values ranging from -l to +l,
where l is the azimuthal quantum number.
21.
ELECTRON SPIN
EXAMPLE:
Electron configurationof Oxygen:
O = 1s² 2s² 2p⁴
What is the 4th quantum number of
oxygen?
ms =
Electron Spin or Spin Quantum Number
is the fourth quantum number for
electrons in atoms and molecules.
Denoted as ms, the electron spin is
constituted by either upward (ms=+1/2)
or downward (ms=−1/2) arrows.