Chemistry A-Level
Atomic orbitals
What Atomic orbitals means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Atomic orbitals
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Reference: OCR
A sub-shell contains one or more of these, each holding up to two electrons of opposite spin, with s having one, p three, d five and f seven.
Topics that use Atomic orbitals
- Electron structure (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Atomic orbital
- Cations lose electrons, anions gain electrons
- Distinguishing capacity from filling order
- Electron capacity of s-, p- and d-sub-shells
- Electron configuration
- Fixed number of orbitals per sub-shell
- Ion electron configurations
- Noble-gas shorthand
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