Electronic Structure
Electronic
Structure delves into the intricacies of electrons - their properties,
configurations, and orbital patterns. Animations and 3-D diagrams clearly depict
and explain quantum mechanical levels, sublevels, and orbitals. This program
will greatly aid the student in understanding electronic structure. For example,
this comprehensive program uses a periodic table that is created, atom by atom,
using the Aufbau Principle, dynamic 2D and 3D atom representations, and
carefully constructed relative energy diagrams.
OUTLINE:
I. Introduction
A. Chemical Properties
B. The Role of Electrons
C. Other Aspects of Electrons
II. Atomic Structure
A. Atomic Number
B. The Discovery of the
Electron
III. Quantum Theory
A. Founders of Quantum
Theory
B. The Bohr Atom
IV. Electronic Orbits
A. Evidence for Electron
Transitions
B. Photon Emission
C. The Electromagnetic
Spectrum
D. Wavelengths and
Frequencies
V. Contributions to
Quantum Theory
A. Planck's Contribution
B. Einstein's Contribution (The
Photoelectric Effect)
C. Bohr's Contribution
VI. Quantum Theory
A. Electron Energy Levels
B. Sublevels Explained
C. Quantum Mechanics
D. Orbital Shape
E. Electrons as both Particles and
Waves
F. Heisenberg's Uncertainty
Principle
G. Wave/Particle Duality
H. Electrons In Orbit
VII. Adding Electrons to Atoms
A. The Pauli Principle
B. Hund's Rule
C. Characterizing Electrons
D. Electron Energy Level Values
E. The Electron Energy Diagram
F. The Aufbau Principle
VIII. Building the Periodic Table
A. Row 1 Hydrogen through Helium
B. Row 2 Lithium through Neon
C. Labeling p-Orbitals
D. The Closed Shell Concept
E. Row 3 Sodium through Argon
F. Row 4 Potassium through Krypton
G. Row 5 Rubidium through Xenon
H. Row 6 Cesium through Radon
I. Row 7 Francium through Uranium
IX. The Complete Periodic Table
