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Fig. 2. Energy level diagram where K—N correspond to electron energy levels for an atom, X to electrons in a particular energy level, and 0 to an empty slot in an energy level (1). Above the dashed line is the unbound state, (a) An atom of Ni, 28 electrons, in the lowest energy or ground state (b) an ion of Ni where on electron from the K level has been excited to the unbound state (c) the process by which Ni returns to the ground state where each arrow represents a transition for an electron from one level to another and (d) the energies of the levels in keV from which the energy of the emitted x-rays may...

Figure 6.14a shows the sp and d bands of a transition metal (e.g. Pt), i.e. the density of states (DOS) as a function of electron energy E. It also shows the outer orbital energy levels of a gaseous CO molecule. Orbitals 4a, l7t and 5cr are occupied, as indicated by the arrows, orbital 27c is empty. The geometry of these molecular orbitals is shown in Figure 6.14b. 

Further studies were carried out on the Pd/Mo(l 1 0), Pd/Ru(0001), and Cu/Mo(l 10) systems. The shifts in core-level binding energies indicate that adatoms in a monolayer of Cu or Pd are electronically perturbed with respect to surface atoms of Cu(lOO) or Pd(lOO). By comparing these results with those previously presented in the literature for adlayers of Pd or Cu, a simple theory is developed that explains the nature of electron donor-electron acceptor interactions in metal overlayer formation of surface metal-metal bonds leads to a gain in electrons by the element initially having the larger fraction of empty states in its valence band. This behavior indicates that the electro-negativities of the surface atoms are substantially different from those of the bulk [65]. 

The Hartree-Fock method adequately describes the ground state of most molecules. However, the exact wave function itself should take into account the fact that electrons repel each other and need breathing space. The electrons should be allowed to make use of energy levels which are normally empty in the ground state to maintain this breathing space. In other words, to add terms describing excited states in the ground state wave function. 

To be specific, let us consider electron transfer from the reduced form of the reactant to the metal electrode. The electron may be transferred to any empty state on the metal denoting by e the difference in energy between the final state of the electron and the Fermi level, the energy of activation for the transfer is ... 

A second type of neutralization occurs through a resonance process, in which an electron from the sample tunnels to the empty state of the ion, which should then be at about the same energy. Resonance neutralization becomes likely if the electron affinity of the ion is somewhat larger than the work function of the sample, or if the ion has an unfilled core level with approximately the same energy as an occupied level in the target atom. The latter takes place when He+ ions come near indium, lead or bismuth atoms. The inverse process can lead to reionization. 

For atomic (gas) sodium (Na), the electronic configuration is ls 2s 2p 3s, leading to filled electronic energy levels Is, 2s and 2p, while the 3s level is half-filled. The other excited levels, 3p, 4s..., are empty. In the solid state (the left-hand side in Figure 4.6), these atomic energy levels are shifted and split into energy bands bands Is, 2s and 2p are fully occupied, while the 3s (/ = 0) band, the conduction band, is half-filled, so that a large number N 21 + l)/2 = N/2) of empty 3s excited levels is still available. As a result, electrons are easily excited into empty levels by an applied electric field, and so become free electrons. This aspect confers the typical metallic character to solid sodium. 

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