The Electron: Crash Course Chemistry #5

Hank brings us the story of the electron and describes how reality is a kind of music, discussing electron shells and orbitals, electron configurations, ionization and electron affinities, and how all these things can be understood via the periodic table.

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Electron Configuration

A detailed explanation of how to write electron configurations for atoms on the periodic table. There is also a discussion as to why electrons arrange themselves in shells, subshells and orbitals. Coulomb’s law and the first ionization energies of different atoms are touched on.

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Electron Configuration – Basic Introduction

This video tutorial provides a basic introduction into writing electron configurations. It contains examples and practice problems, including some with transition metal ions.

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