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electron orbitals in atoms

How the location of an electron affects its energy

Understanding the arrangement of electrons in atoms

atomic orbitals

Nonbonding orbitals in triplet and singlet states

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chemical analysis
- In chemical analysis: Ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry
- In chemical analysis: Luminescence
chemical bonding theories
- In physical science: Chemistry
ligand field theory
- In ligand field theory
magnetic moment
- In crystal: Explanation of magnetism
periodic table organization
- In periodic table: Electronic structure
quantum mechanics
- In quantum mechanics: Identical particles and multielectron atoms
sigma bonds
- In sigma bond

atomic structure

electronic configuration
- In electron
Pauli exclusion principle
- In Pauli exclusion principle
spectroscopy
- In spectroscopy: Electron configurations
wave function
- In chemical bonding: The location of the electron

materials

chemical elements

In transition metal: Atomic orbitals of the hydrogen atom

halogen elements
- In halogen: Electronic structure
nitrogen group elements
- In nitrogen group element: Similarities in orbital arrangement

carbenes
- In carbene: Electronic configuration and molecular structure.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Atomic Structure - Orbitals.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 21, 2024
	Add new Web site: Michigan State University Libraries - CLUE: Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything - Electrons and Orbitals.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 22, 2024
	Add new Web site: ACS Publications - Orbitals: Some Fiction and Some Facts.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 23, 2023
	Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Atomic Structure - Orbitals.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 15, 2023
	Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 09, 2020
	Added new Web site: University of Waterloo - Quantum Numbers and Atomic Orbitals.	Gaurav Shukla	Jul 07, 2008
	Added new Web site: Orbital Central - Atomic Orbitals.	Grace Young	Feb 25, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998