Answer to Question #160817 in General Chemistry for Melissa

Question

1. What is meant by the phrase, “the energy of an electron in a given orbital is  quantized”?

2.How is an orbital different than an orbit? 

3.Draw an energy level diagram for bromine

Answer 1

1. Quantized energy means that the electrons can possess only certain discrete energy values; values between those quantized values are not permitted. ... Because of the quantized orbits, such “quantum jumps” will produce discrete spectra, in agreement with observations.

2. Differences between Orbit and Orbitals

An orbit is the simple planar representation of an electron. An orbital refers to the dimensional motion of an electron around the nucleus in a three-dimensional motion. An orbital can simply be defined as the space or the region where the electron is likely to be found the most.

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