Condensed electron

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The condensed electron configuration for a nitrogen atom, for example, is [He]2s 2p. The notation [He] is used to represent Is. For a sodium atom [Z = 11), the condensed electron configuration is [Ne]3s. Here, [Ne] represents, ls 2s 2p . Be aware that condensed electron configurations are simply convenient short forms. Thus, [Ne]3s does not mean that a sodium atom is the same as a neon atom plus one electron. Sodium and neon are different elements because the nuclei of their atoms are completely different. 

Write condensed electron configurations for atoms of these same elements. 

Make a rough sketch of the periodic table for elements 1 through 18, including the following information group number, period number, atomic number, atomic symbol, and condensed electron configuration. 

You do not have a periodic table. You are told that the condensed electron configuration for strontium is [Kr]5s. Identify the group number, period number, and orbital block in which strontium appears on the periodic table. Show your reasoning. 

For each of the elements below, use the aufbau principle to write the full and condensed electron configurations and draw partial orbital diagrams for the valence electrons of their atoms. You may consult the periodic table in Appendix C, or any other periodic table that omits electron configurations. 

O Use the aufbau principle to write complete and condensed electron configurations for the most common ions for the elements listed below, and explain the significance of any patterns you observe in their electronic structures. 

Throughout this book, particularly in the later chapters, we assume that a condensed electron gas can be treated as a Fermi liquid of pseudoparticles, for instance dielectric or spin polarons. We recognize that this is an unproved assumption. 

If states at the Fermi energy of a condensed electron gas are localized, two conduction mechanisms are possible. 

Interaction of electrons with phonons, and the fact that the presence of a trapped electron can deform the surrounding material, allows the radius of an empty localized state to change when the state is occupied. Also, in a condensed electron gas phonons lead to a mass enhancement near the Fermi energy, or in some circumstances to polaron formation. For the development of the theory, and comparison with experiment, it is therefore desirable to begin by choosing a system where these effects are unimportant. The study of doped semiconductors provides such a system. This is because the radius aH of a donor is given, apart from central cell corrections, by the hydrogen-like formula... 

The root of this non-linear equation gives the equilibrium value of X and for that reason the density of condensed electrons. The transition temperature can be located by noting that at Tc the equilibrium values of A are constrained by X = 0 for electron doping and X = (2p-l) for hole doping corresponding to zero density of condensed electrons. 

Temperature and doping dependence of density of condensed electrons... 

The prediction that the zero temperature density of condensed electrons should be proportional to (p( 1-p) is tested against experimental observations in Figure... 

It can be seen that the prediction is in satisfactory agreement with experimental observations [27]. The temperature dependence of the density of condensed electrons is shown in Figure 7 which has utilised the thermal average of the density of condensed electrons obtained as described above. 

Tc,max is the maximum transition temperature in family of materials, c is known to be proportional to the condensate density. The universal trends found are summarised in Figure 8 and compared with our prediction for the doping sequence given in Figure 3. The density of condensed electrons continues to increase beyond Tc>max in the same way as found experimentally. In particular the experimental data and our prediction both have a highest value for [Pg.300]

Figure 8. Ratio of Reduced transition temperature to Reduced density of condensed electrons due to Schneider and Keller [26] against the predictions of our theory shown in the lower part of the...

With zeolite catalysts it is possible to determine the coke composition, essential for the understanding of the modes of coke formation, of deactivation and of coke oxidation. As the micropores cause an easy retention of organic molecules through condensation, electronic interactions or steric blockage, the formation of coke molecules begins within these micropores. Their size is therefore limited by the size of channels, of cavities or of channel intersections. However the growth of coke molecules trapped in the cavities or at the channel intersections close to the outer surface of the crystallites leads to bulky polyaromatic molecules which overflow onto this outer surface. 

Because reactions occur primarily with the valance electrons (electrons added since the last noble gas), the electron configurations can be rewritten as a condensed electron configuration identifying the last noble gas in brackets and listing only the valence electrons (see Table 10.1). 

The electronic configuration of calcium, 20Ca, can be written as lsz2sz2p63sz3p64sz or as [Ar]4sz. Condensed electronic configuration will be extensively used in the discussion of valence electrons later in this chapter. 

There are six ground state electronic configurations for main-group elements given below. Identify the valence electrons in each and then group them in pairs that would be expected to have similar chemical properties. Hint Rewrite each as a condensed electronic configuration. 

Answer Similar valence electron arrangements predict similar chemical properties (a) and (c) are both ns1 (b) and (e) are both ns2np3 (d) and (f) are both ns2. Rewriting each as a condensed electronic configuration lets you focus on the valence electrons. 

D-wave Bipolaronic Condensate with Short Range Repulsive Electronic Correlations of condensed electrons obtained as described above. 

Atomic Number Element Partial Orbital Diagram (35 and 3p Sublevels Only) Full Electron Configuration Condensed Electron Configuration... 

One of the central points in all chemistry is that similar outer electron configurations correlate with similar chemical behavior. Figure 8.4 shows the condensed electron configurations of the first 18 elements. Note the similarities within each group. Here are some examples from just three groups ... 

In Group IA(1), lithium and sodium have the condensed electron configuration [noble gas] ns (where n is the quantum number of the outermost energy level), as do all the other alkali metals (K, Rb, Cs, Fr). All are highly reactive metals that form ionic compounds with nonmetals with formulas such as MCI, M2O, and M2S (where M represents the alkali metal), and all react vigorously with water to displace H2. 

In Group 7A(17), fluorine and chlorine have the condensed electron configuration [noble gas] ns np, as do the other halogens (Br, I, At). Little is known about rare, radioactive astatine (At), but all the others are reactive nonmetals that occur as diatomic molecules, X2 (where X represents the halogen). All form ionic compounds with metals (KX, MgX2), covalent compounds with hydrogen (HX) that yield acidic solutions in water, and covalent compounds with carbon (CX4). 

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