Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

by Brown, Theodore E.; LeMay, H. Eugene; Bursten, Bruce E.; Murphy, Catherine; Woodward, Patrick; Stoltzfus, Matthew E.

Published by Prentice Hall

ISBN 10: 0321910419

ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-041-7

Chapter 6 - Electronic Structure of Atoms - Exercises - Page 252: 6.68a

Answer

The $3p$ orbital is higher in energy than the $3s$ orbital.

Work Step by Step

*Remember: The further from the nucleus an orbital is, the higher its energy is. Therefore, taken from the information that the average distance from the nucleus of a $3s$ electron in a chlorine atom is smaller than that of a $3p$ electron, the $3p$ orbital is higher in energy than the $3s$ orbital.

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